ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL

ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of high-enrollment scale in ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida, one of the schools within PASCO, works with 1,656 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Across the 105 schools in PASCO (86,873 students total), ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.2%; actual is 33.5%, a gap of -24.7 points.

Around the school, Pasco County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pasco County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 17%: 1,420 students in 2018 compared to 1,656 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.