📍 36850 State Road 52, Dade City, Pasco County, 33525
Pasco High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Dade City, Pasco County. The school has 1,639 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mark Feldman. It is part of the Pasco school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 88%. The school offers 9 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pasco High School enrolls 1,639 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 73 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 709 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 675 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 183 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 24 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,076 of the school's 1,639 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 979 qualify for free lunch and 97 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pasco High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 20, state house district 38.
Pasco High School is one of 103 schools in PASCO, based in LAND O LAKES, Florida. The district serves 86,627 students district-wide and employs 4,792 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,639 students, Pasco High School is larger than the district average of about 841 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe