# LACOOCHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `120153001577`
- **School name**: LACOOCHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- **Location**: DADE CITY, FL 33523
- **Address**: 38815 CUMMER RD
- **District**: PASCO (LEAID `1201530`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Coordinates**: 28.45829, -82.17343
- **Phone**: (352)524-5600

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 296
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 15
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 19.7:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 76.7%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: FL School Grade
- **Year**: 2025
- **Overall rating**: C
- **Indicators**:
  - overall: C

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2025
- **Overall (FL School Grade)**: 57.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 37.1% (109 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 4.0% (12 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 2.4% (7 students) [source: crdc]
- **2015**: chronic absence 32.5% (97 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 1
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 1.4%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 43.6%
- **Black/African American**: 0.0%
- **Asian**: 21.3%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 30.4%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.3%
- **Two or more races**: 3.0%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 82.6%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 12.8% — 38 students
- **English Learners**: 17.4% — 52 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 19 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 10 students
- **Hearing Impairment**: 3 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 3 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $14,121
- **Federal share**: $2,431
- **State + local share**: $11,690
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,307,786
- **Federal share**: 17.8%
- **State share**: 45.9%
- **Local share**: 36.3%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $5,727,725

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $66,397
- **Poverty rate**: 16.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 9.6%
- **Unemployment**: 29.0%
- **Foreign-born residents**: 12.7%
- **Single-parent households**: 6.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 29.0 miles (ARKLA TERRA PROPERTY)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 1
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.16 miles (LACOOCHEE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER SITE)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: DADE CITY WATER DEPT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-12-01

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 6.9 mi away, 1.81% (this school: 4.03%)
- **PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 7.0 mi away, 2.19% (this school: 4.03%)
- **PASCO HIGH SCHOOL** — 7.6 mi away, 1.56% (this school: 4.03%)
- **EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 8.7 mi away, 2.96% (this school: 4.03%)
- **SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 9.7 mi away, 0.31% (this school: 4.03%)

### ela proficiency
- **RODNEY B. COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 6.3 mi away, 40% (this school: 36%)
- **PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 6.9 mi away, 39% (this school: 36%)
- **PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 7.0 mi away, 42% (this school: 36%)
- **PASCO HIGH SCHOOL** — 7.6 mi away, 40% (this school: 36%)
- **EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 8.7 mi away, 57.5% (this school: 36%)

### math proficiency
- **ACADEMY AT THE FARM** — 12.2 mi away, 83% (this school: 55%)
- **KIRKLAND RANCH K-8** — 13.0 mi away, 72% (this school: 55%)
- **SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 13.0 mi away, 71% (this school: 55%)
- **KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION** — 13.1 mi away, 71% (this school: 55%)
- **HERNANDO ESCHOOL VIRTUAL FRANCHISE** — 14.5 mi away, 73% (this school: 55%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city
- **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/lacoochee-elementary-school-dade-city/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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