📍 12240 Vespa Way, Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, 34614
Winding Waters K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Weeki Wachee, Hernando County. The school has 1,622 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hernando school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Winding Waters K-8 enrolls 1,622 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 94 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,153 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 313 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 82 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 65 | 4% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
902 of the school's 1,622 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 832 qualify for free lunch and 70 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Winding Waters K-8 is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 10, state house district 34.
Winding Waters K-8 is one of 32 schools in HERNANDO, based in BROOKSVILLE, Florida. The district serves 23,734 students district-wide and employs 1,383 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,622 students, Winding Waters K-8 is larger than the district average of about 742 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe