Pasco Reporter

There were 45,892 white students enrolled in Pasco County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 3% decrease from the 47,297 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Pasco County welcomed a total of 84,954 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 54% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 100 schools in Pasco County, James W. Mitchell High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,540 students, making up 70.3% of the school's total student body.

Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Land O' Lakes High School	54.9%	2,278
James W. Mitchell High School	70.3%	2,192
Sunlake High School	57.1%	2,192
Wiregrass Ranch High School	42.4%	2,183
Starkey Ranch K-8	65.7%	2,040
Cypress Creek High School	49.3%	1,910
Wesley Chapel High School	38.3%	1,886
River Ridge High School	71.2%	1,814
Zephyrhills High School	49.5%	1,740
Fivay High School	50.2%	1,634
Pasco High School	42.1%	1,602
Gulf High School	52%	1,532
Seven Springs Middle School	69%	1,517
Hudson High School	69.1%	1,449
Dr. John Long Middle School	43%	1,409
Charles S. Rushe Middle School	56.6%	1,353
Thomas E. Weightman Middle School	41.7%	1,301
Cypress Creek Middle School	49.1%	1,297
Bexley Elementary School	54%	1,262
Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel	29.6%	1,259
Anclote High School	50.9%	1,202
Innovation Preparatory Academy	35.1%	1,169
Classical Preparatory School	64.1%	1,124
Oakstead Elementary School	53.5%	1,093
River Ridge Middle School	74.8%	1,066
Odessa Elementary School	51.1%	1,046
Connerton Elementary School	53.1%	1,014
Wiregrass Elementary School	43.4%	1,000
Raymond B. Stewart Middle School	49.5%	965
Pine View Middle School	59.2%	950
Dayspring Academy	65.5%	943
Watergrass Elementary School	43.7%	939
Hudson Academy	64.4%	928
Imagine School at Land O' Lakes	54%	895
Paul R. Smith Middle School	49.1%	864
Sanders Memorial Elementary School	66.8%	861
Gulf Middle School	49%	858
Double Branch Elementary School	52.6%	857
Pasco Middle School	36%	831
New River Elementary School	34%	808
Wesley Chapel Elementary School	46%	806
Woodland Elementary School	51.3%	794
Denham Oaks Elementary School	38.5%	782
Richey Elementary School	55%	767
Union Park Charter Academy	44.8%	762
Crews Lake Middle School.	69.4%	759
Gulf Highlands Elementary School	54.9%	742
Academy at the Farm	79.1%	727
Wendell Krinn Technical High School	69.2%	711
Chester W. Taylor Jr. Elementary School	56.6%	705
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation	53.2%	697
Gulf Trace Elementary School	49.7%	694
Fox Hollow Elementary School	47.7%	683
Centennial Elementary School	53.3%	672
Veterans Elementary School	52.3%	663
Bayonet Point Middle School	46.5%	662
Trinity Oaks Elementary School	72.4%	660
Seven Oaks Elementary School	55.8%	658
San Antonio Elementary School	61.3%	643
Centennial Middle School	46.1%	642
Pasco Elementary School	28.2%	638
Chasco Elementary School	40.1%	636
Lake Myrtle Elementary School	60%	635
Hudson Primary Academy	68%	634
Chasco Middle School	44.5%	632
West Zephyrhills Elementary School	48.8%	621
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School	68.4%	608
Schrader Elementary School	57.1%	602
Cypress Elementary School	68.7%	595
Moon Lake Elementary School	63.9%	593
Longleaf Elementary School	83.2%	588
Trinity Elementary School	72.1%	588
Pasco Eschool-Virtual Franchise	66.7%	583
Pine View Elementary School	56.3%	574
Quail Hollow Elementary School	49%	569
James M. Marlowe Elementary School	54.2%	565
Anclote Elementary School	48.5%	559
Cotee River Elementary School	52.8%	559
Plato Academy Trinity Charter School	66.6%	524
Sand Pine Elementary School	45.5%	519
Seven Springs Elementary School	55.9%	510
Deer Park Elementary School	67.4%	491
Shady Hills Elementary School	73.1%	487
Calusa Elementary School	52.1%	443
Sunray Elementary School	47.3%	431
Gulfside Elementary School	46.3%	419
Rodney B. Cox Elementary School	14.5%	407
Athenian Academy of Technology and the Arts	62.2%	384
Countryside Montessori Academy	48.7%	355
Pepin Academies of Pasco County	67.1%	313
Lacoochee Elementary School	27.2%	298
Learning Lodge Academy	72.7%	271
Dayspring Jazz	65.6%	262
West Pasco Education Academy	52.9%	155
Pasco Virtual Instruction Program	60.3%	141
Mittye P. Locke Elementary School	57%	100
East Pasco Education Academy	30.5%	82
Pace Center for Girls	68.6%	51
Juvenile Detention Center	50%	24