Pasco Reporter

There were 22,634 Hispanic students enrolled in Pasco County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 5.6% increase from the 21,432 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 26.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 100 schools in Pasco County, Pasco High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 687 students, making up 42.9% 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 Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Land O' Lakes High School	26.6%	2,278
James W. Mitchell High School	16.3%	2,192
Sunlake High School	25.6%	2,192
Wiregrass Ranch High School	29.9%	2,183
Starkey Ranch K-8	16.7%	2,040
Cypress Creek High School	32.7%	1,910
Wesley Chapel High School	33.7%	1,886
River Ridge High School	16.6%	1,814
Zephyrhills High School	29.4%	1,740
Fivay High School	30.8%	1,634
Pasco High School	42.9%	1,602
Gulf High School	28.1%	1,532
Seven Springs Middle School	16.3%	1,517
Hudson High School	18.9%	1,449
Dr. John Long Middle School	27.5%	1,409
Charles S. Rushe Middle School	26.8%	1,353
Thomas E. Weightman Middle School	30.3%	1,301
Cypress Creek Middle School	30.3%	1,297
Bexley Elementary School	26.1%	1,262
Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel	39.2%	1,259
Anclote High School	27.9%	1,202
Innovation Preparatory Academy	33.7%	1,169
Classical Preparatory School	22.9%	1,124
Oakstead Elementary School	23%	1,093
River Ridge Middle School	14.2%	1,066
Odessa Elementary School	22.4%	1,046
Connerton Elementary School	28.3%	1,014
Wiregrass Elementary School	28.2%	1,000
Raymond B. Stewart Middle School	29.3%	965
Pine View Middle School	24.7%	950
Dayspring Academy	22.3%	943
Watergrass Elementary School	28.5%	939
Hudson Academy	21.4%	928
Imagine School at Land O' Lakes	20.7%	895
Paul R. Smith Middle School	28.1%	864
Sanders Memorial Elementary School	18.7%	861
Gulf Middle School	29.1%	858
Double Branch Elementary School	23.3%	857
Pasco Middle School	44%	831
New River Elementary School	35.3%	808
Wesley Chapel Elementary School	29%	806
Woodland Elementary School	29.8%	794
Denham Oaks Elementary School	34.1%	782
Richey Elementary School	25.8%	767
Union Park Charter Academy	21.9%	762
Crews Lake Middle School.	20%	759
Gulf Highlands Elementary School	27.5%	742
Academy at the Farm	13.1%	727
Wendell Krinn Technical High School	22.4%	711
Chester W. Taylor Jr. Elementary School	28.5%	705
Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation	32.3%	697
Gulf Trace Elementary School	28.8%	694
Fox Hollow Elementary School	36.3%	683
Centennial Elementary School	32.1%	672
Veterans Elementary School	28.1%	663
Bayonet Point Middle School	34.3%	662
Trinity Oaks Elementary School	17.3%	660
Seven Oaks Elementary School	22.6%	658
San Antonio Elementary School	26.7%	643
Centennial Middle School	37.7%	642
Pasco Elementary School	50.5%	638
Chasco Elementary School	37.3%	636
Lake Myrtle Elementary School	25.8%	635
Hudson Primary Academy	17.7%	634
Chasco Middle School	34.7%	632
West Zephyrhills Elementary School	24.5%	621
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School	21.9%	608
Schrader Elementary School	26.2%	602
Cypress Elementary School	16.8%	595
Moon Lake Elementary School	22.1%	593
Longleaf Elementary School	9.4%	588
Trinity Elementary School	13.3%	588
Pasco Eschool-Virtual Franchise	18%	583
Pine View Elementary School	25.6%	574
Quail Hollow Elementary School	30.6%	569
James M. Marlowe Elementary School	30.8%	565
Anclote Elementary School	33.1%	559
Cotee River Elementary School	26.5%	559
Plato Academy Trinity Charter School	20.2%	524
Sand Pine Elementary School	28.5%	519
Seven Springs Elementary School	25.5%	510
Deer Park Elementary School	19.1%	491
Shady Hills Elementary School	16.2%	487
Calusa Elementary School	27.5%	443
Sunray Elementary School	29.9%	431
Gulfside Elementary School	27.9%	419
Rodney B. Cox Elementary School	56.3%	407
Athenian Academy of Technology and the Arts	27.1%	384
Countryside Montessori Academy	24.2%	355
Pepin Academies of Pasco County	22.7%	313
Lacoochee Elementary School	41.3%	298
Learning Lodge Academy	17.7%	271
Dayspring Jazz	24.8%	262
West Pasco Education Academy	19.4%	155
Pasco Virtual Instruction Program	23.4%	141
Mittye P. Locke Elementary School	31%	100
East Pasco Education Academy	25.6%	82
Pace Center for Girls	21.6%	51