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Pasco County School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 6 towns

Serves Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Dade City, Port Richey, St. Leo and San Antonio.

Students
86,611
Schools
110
Spent per student
$11,574
FL $13,006
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
37%
Debt
$600.6M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Pasco County School District

  • School Grade B: better than 60% of Florida districts
  • Spends 11% less per student than the FL average
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 12.4% since 2020
  • Debt of $600.6M, about $6,934 per student

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Connerton.

PK–5Connerton Elementary SchoolThis district
6–1219 schoolsThis district
1214 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. FL

2020–21
Math proficiency50%
State average 47.9%
Reading / language arts52%
State average 52%
Graduation rate (4-year)91%
State average 90.3%

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$11,574 per student · 11% below FL
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 34%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 43%State 42%Federal 14%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
77,057’20
80,993’21
83,823’22
85,593’23
86,611’24

Up 12.4% since 2020.

Students
White 52%Hispanic 28%Black 8%Two or more races 7%Asian 5%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

110 public schools.

Starkey Ranch K-8
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Odessa
1,927 students16:1
Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Wesley Chapel
A−
1,312 students18:1
Innovation Preparatory Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Wesley Chapel
B+
1,274 students20:1
Kirkland Ranch K-8
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Wesley Chapel
1,145 students16:1
Bexley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Land O Lakes
B+
1,114 students14:1
Oakstead Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Land O Lakes
A
1,045 students16:1
Odessa Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
A
984 students16:1
Wiregrass Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
A−
957 students15:1
Connerton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Land O Lakes
B
953 students15:1
New River Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
C+
939 students17:1
Imagine School at Land O' Lakes
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Land O Lakes
A
913 students16:1
Watergrass Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
B+
859 students16:1
Sanders Memorial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Land O Lakes
A
842 students16:1
Double Branch Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
B+
829 students16:1
Union Park Charter Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Wesley Chapel
A−
803 students17:1
Woodland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Zephyrhills
C−
792 students15:1
Academy at the Farm
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Dade City
A
761 students15:1
Richey Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C
750 students13:1
Denham Oaks Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lutz
B+
738 students17:1
Wesley Chapel Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
A−
724 students16:1
San Antonio Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dade City
B
706 students17:1
Gulf Highlands Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Port Richey
C−
689 students14:1
Centennial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dade City
B−
684 students15:1
Chester W. Taylor JR. Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Zephyrhills
C
676 students15:1
Seven Oaks Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
A−
656 students16:1
Pasco Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dade City
C−
639 students16:1
Trinity Oaks Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Trinity
A−
639 students16:1
Veterans Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
A−
638 students17:1
Fox Hollow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Port Richey
D
636 students16:1
Hudson Primary Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hudson
C−
636 students14:1
Gulf Trace Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Holiday
C
625 students15:1
West Zephyrhills Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Zephyrhills
C−
625 students15:1
Chasco Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Port Richey
C−
612 students13:1
Longleaf Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
A
601 students14:1
Schrader Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C
572 students15:1
DR. Mary Giella Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring Hill
B−
568 students16:1
Moon Lake Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C−
567 students14:1
Lake Myrtle Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Land O Lakes
B+
559 students15:1
Quail Hollow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Zephyrhills
B−
559 students15:1
Cypress Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C+
554 students16:1
Anclote Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C
543 students14:1
Trinity Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
A
540 students16:1
Cotee River Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C+
526 students11:1
Deer Park Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
B+
524 students15:1
Pine View Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Land O Lakes
B+
522 students14:1
James M. Marlowe Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C
513 students14:1
Sand Pine Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wesley Chapel
A−
502 students15:1
Plato Academy Trinity Charter School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · New Port Richey
A−
489 students13:1
Seven Springs Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
C+
469 students15:1
Shady Hills Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Spring Hill
B−
444 students12:1
Sunray Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Holiday
D
420 students15:1
Calusa Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Port Richey
D
417 students17:1
Athenian Academy of Technology and the Arts
Elementary · Grades K–8 · New Port Richey
A−
404 students14:1
Rodney B. Cox Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dade City
D
399 students16:1
Gulfside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Holiday
C−
393 students16:1
Countryside Montessori Academy
Elementary · Grades 1–8 · Land O Lakes
A+
357 students12:1
Dayspring Angeline
Elementary · Grades K–5 · New Port Richey
312 students12:1
Learning Lodge Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · New Port Richey
C+
308 students15:1
Lacoochee Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dade City
C+
296 students20:1
Pasco Virtual Instruction Program
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Land O Lakes
0 students
Seven Springs Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Trinity
A−
1,498 students20:1
DR. John Long Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wesley Chapel
A−
1,496 students21:1
Charles S. Rushe Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Land O Lakes
A−
1,365 students19:1
Cypress Creek Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wesley Chapel
B+
1,283 students20:1
Thomas E. Weightman Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wesley Chapel
B
1,270 students21:1
River Ridge Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · New Port Richey
B
1,026 students18:1
Raymond B. Stewart Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Zephyrhills
C−
954 students19:1
Pine View Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Land O Lakes
B+
929 students18:1
Hudson Academy
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Hudson
C−
920 students17:1
Paul R. Smith Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Holiday
C
830 students18:1
Pasco Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Dade City
C
819 students20:1
Gulf Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · New Port Richey
C
796 students16:1
Crews Lake Middle School.
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spring Hill
C+
709 students16:1
Centennial Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Dade City
C+
688 students19:1
Bayonet Point Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · New Port Richey
C
668 students20:1
Chasco Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Port Richey
C−
622 students17:1
Land O' Lakes High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Land O Lakes
B+
2,233 students22:1
Wiregrass Ranch High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wesley Chapel
A−
2,218 students25:1
Sunlake High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Land O Lakes
A−
2,206 students24:1
James W. Mitchell High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Trinity
A−
2,201 students22:1
Cypress Creek High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wesley Chapel
B
2,006 students22:1
Wesley Chapel High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wesley Chapel
B+
1,928 students21:1
River Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · New Port Richey
B
1,798 students23:1
Zephyrhills High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Zephyrhills
C
1,656 students21:1
Fivay High School
High · Grades 8–12 · Hudson
D
1,554 students19:1
Pasco High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Dade City
C+
1,523 students21:1
Gulf High School
High · Grades 9–12 · New Port Richey
C−
1,518 students19:1
Hudson High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Hudson
C+
1,497 students21:1
Anclote High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Holiday
C−
1,150 students21:1
Angeline Academy of Innovation
High · Grades 6–12 · Land O Lakes
1,088 students21:1
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation
High · Grades 9–12 · Wesley Chapel
1,008 students22:1
Wendell Krinn Technical High School
High · Grades 9–12 · New Port Richey
A−
765 students22:1
Pasco Eschool-Virtual Franchise
High · Grades 6–12 · Land O Lakes
A
610 students
West Pasco Education Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Hudson
D
104 students5:1
Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wesley Chapel
82 students41:1
East Pasco Education Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Dade City
C−
80 students5:1
Pace Center for Girls
High · Grades 6–12 · New Port Richey
D
55 students8:1
Juvenile Detention Center
High · Grades 6–12 · San Antonio
29 students10:1
Pasco County Correction Department
High · Grades 6–12 · Land O Lakes
11 students
Marchman Technical College
High · Grades 9–12 · New Port Richey
2 students0:1
Marchman Technical College HS
High · Grades 9–12 · New Port Richey
0 students
Dayspring Academy
Other · Grades K–12 · New Port Richey
A
1,259 students15:1
Classical Preparatory School
Other · Grades K–12 · Spring Hill
B
1,154 students16:1
Pepin Academies of Pasco County
Other · Grades 3–12 · New Port Richey
D−
300 students10:1
Pasco Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)
Other · Grades K–12 · Land O Lakes
B−
139 students12:1
Mittye P. Locke Early Learning Academy Prev PK-5
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · New Port Richey
C
84 students12:1
Baycare Behavioral Health
Other · Grades 1–12 · New Port Richey
0 students0:1
Pinecrest Academy Connerton
Grades M · Miami
0 students
Pinecrest Academy Connerton Middle School
Grades M · Miami
0 students
Skybrooke K-8
Grades M · Lutz
0 students

Towns served

Zephyrhills 19,668New Port Richey 17,425Dade City 8,152Port Richey 3,364St. Leo 1,985San Antonio 1,446

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.

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