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Classical Preparatory School

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Classical Preparatory School ranks 1119 th of 2240 Florida alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

1119^th

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of 2,240 Florida Alternative Schools

Better than 50% of Florida alternative schools

Summary

Classical Preparatory School is a K-12 alternative public school in Spring Hill, FL, serving 1,154 students within the Pasco County School District, and it stands out for achieving exceptional academic results while spending significantly less per student than comparable schools.

This school is a powerhouse in high school and end-of-course (EOC) exams, with a 96% proficiency rate in Civics and 82% in 9th-grade English Language Arts—far exceeding both district and state averages. It also boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate in three of the last five years. However, the school shows a "Jekyll and Hyde" performance in math: while students excel in advanced courses like Algebra 1 (76% proficiency) and Geometry (73%), proficiency in standard grade-level math for grades 3-8 often falls below state averages. There is also a notable "middle school dip," where 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade ELA scores (around 55%) are much lower than the high school scores, suggesting a transition challenge. Additionally, chronic absenteeism has nearly doubled from 12.1% to 23.9% over the past few years, a trend worth watching.

Compared to nearby alternatives, Classical Prep is a model of cost-efficiency. It spends just $7,527 per student, nearly $3,000 less than Dayspring Academy, which matches or exceeds Classical Prep in many middle school metrics and has a lower absenteeism rate (12.4%). In contrast, Pepin Academies Of Pasco County serves a different student population with much lower test scores and higher spending ($14,728 per student). Overall, Classical Prep’s "Classical" curriculum appears highly effective for high school, but parents should be aware of the weaker middle school performance and rising absenteeism when considering this school.

1,154

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,527

Per pupil spending ?

30.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

16500 Lyceum Way
Spring Hill, FL 34610

(813) 803-7903

District: Pasco

Racial breakdown:

White:

61.3%

Hispanic:

25.4%

African American:

6.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 85th percentile in 2023 → 86th in 2026

Strengths

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the Florida average (92%)

✓Above the Florida median (50th percentile)

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of Pasco's ranking

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school66%

District avg62%

Florida avg63%

Elementary school

1,119^th of 2,240

Florida public elementary schools ?

Top 50%▼ down 8 pts since 2017

From top 42% (2017) to top 50% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

708^th of 1,216

Florida public middle schools ?

Bottom 42%▼ down 28 pts since 2017

From top 30% (2017) to bottom 42% (2026)

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★★★★★

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High school

115^th of 838

Florida public high schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 8 pts since 2019

From top 22% (2019) to top 14% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Alternative Schools in the Pasco

37^th of 70Pasco among Florida districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Florida percentile	Rating
2026	50.9	1119 of 2240	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	36.7	1461 of 2258	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.6	1414 of 2256	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.2	861 of 2240	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.3	1128 of 2219	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	54.5	991 of 2247	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.6	1085 of 2182	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.0	1026 of 2118	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	57.4	883 of 2112	58.2%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Florida percentile	Rating
2026	44.1	708 of 1216	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.9	570 of 1205	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.1	408 of 1196	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.3	251 of 1177	78.7%	★★★★☆
2022	75.7	247 of 1148	78.5%	★★★★☆
2021	46.4	606 of 1136	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.6	421 of 1099	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.7	406 of 1035	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	67.7	309 of 1031	70.0%	★★★★☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Florida percentile	Rating
2026	73.3	115 of 838	86.3%	★★★★☆
2025	67.4	165 of 844	80.5%	★★★★☆
2024	70.1	133 of 807	83.5%	★★★★☆
2023	71.8	121 of 792	84.7%	★★★★☆
2022	73.6	103 of 774	86.7%	★★★★☆
2021	50.5	266 of 746	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.8	160 of 734	78.2%	★★★★☆

By subject vs Florida (2025-2026) ?

Civics96%+19 vs state

US History84%+10 vs state

Biology 182%+8 vs state

Algebra 176%+13 vs state

Geometry73%+17 vs state

English Language Arts64%+3 vs state

Science61%~ state avg

Math58%-4 vs state

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What people are saying

by a teacher
Sunday, August 30, 2020

Run now and save yourself the trouble of running later.

The workplace is toxic, the head of school is abusive, and you will be traumatized if you work there. Your children will be traumatized by the abusive environment.

The head of school is terrible at her job but somehow continues to return. Teachers are afraid to speak up or contact the board, and she does her best to keep rumors from reaching her superiors. There are rumors of her filtering the email chains so that complaints do not reach her superiors.

She intimidates the teachers and students through passive aggression and veiled threats. She tells her employees that she needs complete and total submission from them. She fires anyone who questions her ideas, with or without reason.

She tells her boss, the school founder, that she is organizing the school's administrative structure and offering teachers administrative promotions as incentives. The truth is that her evaluations are ineffective. If she knows teachers are leaving she gives them bad evaluations to make it hard for them to find other jobs.

She claims that she has created a flow of communication that moves from teachers all the way up to the founder. The problem is that the founder only receives "data" that comes from the structure (and its creator, the head of school) itself, but not from individuals inside the structure. This means that the data is created by people who have a conflict of interest. They use data to make it appear that they are doing a good job and that the employees are negative and overly-critical, when they are upset that they are not being treated well.

She compiles files on her employees in case she ever wants to destroy their reputations.

Between 50 and 30 of the staff has to be replaced every year, because people quit in droves every year.

Asking administrators for help makes every problem worse. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, June 15, 2018

We switched from another charter school and have had a great experience for the last year. The staff is friendly, the communication is great, and my son comes home telling me about all the things he learned. After hearing him tell me how much he hated school every day at his last school we are so pleased to see how much he enjoys learning here. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				FAST English Language Arts (2026)								FAST Math (2026)						Statewide Science Science (2026)		EOC Algebra 1 (2026)	EOC Geometry (2026)	EOC Biology 1 (2026)	EOC US History (2026)	EOC Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	FAST English Language Arts 3rd Grade	FAST English Language Arts 4th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 5th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 6th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 7th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 8th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 9th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 10th Grade	FAST Math 3rd Grade	FAST Math 4th Grade	FAST Math 5th Grade	FAST Math 6th Grade	FAST Math 7th Grade	FAST Math 8th Grade	Statewide Science Science 5th Grade	Statewide Science Science 8th Grade	EOC Algebra 1 End of Course	EOC Geometry End of Course	EOC Biology 1 End of Course	EOC US History End of Course	EOC Civics End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Classical Preparatory School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	16500 Lyceum Way	Spring Hill	34610	Pasco County	Pasco	Yes	No	No	No	(813) 803-7903	1,154	71	16.2	30.2%	707 (61.3%)	71 (6.2%)	293 (25.4%)	24 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (4.9%)								(n/a)	70.0	67.0	65.0	55.0	52.0	56.0	82.0	81.0	55.0	59.0	57.0	60.0	60.0	59.0	61.0		76.0	73.0	82.0	84.0	96.0	$7,527	$142	$7,385
Pasco Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	8916 Angeline School Way	Land O Lakes	34638	Pasco County	Pasco	No	No	Yes	No	(813) 346-1900	139	12	11.5		78 (56.1%)	8 (5.8%)	35 (25.2%)	8 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	9 (6.5%)								(n/a)	77.0	76.0	56.0						57.0	90.0	20.0				41.0							$14,200	$576	$13,623
Dayspring Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	9732 Little Rd	New Port Richey	34654	Pasco County	Pasco	Yes	No	No	No	(727) 862-8600	1,259	83	15.1	34.9%	817 (64.9%)	32 (2.5%)	297 (23.6%)	41 (3.3%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	65 (5.2%)								(n/a)	68.0	59.0	75.0	83.0	87.0	86.0	82.0	87.0	65.0	61.0	75.0	80.0		82.0	68.0	71.0	89.0	88.0	84.0	88.0	98.0	$10,944	$46	$10,898
Baycare Behavioral Health	Public, Alternative	1-12	8132 King Helie Blvd	New Port Richey	34653	Pasco County	Pasco	No	No	No	No	(727) 774-1700	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Pepin Academies Of Pasco County	Public, Charter, Alternative	3-12	7710 Osteen Rd	New Port Richey	34653	Pasco County	Pasco	Yes	No	No	Yes	(727) 264-6497	300	30	10.0	49.7%	192 (64.0%)	10 (3.3%)	80 (26.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)								(n/a)	8.0	6.0	12.0	10.0	12.0	12.0	7.0	21.0	8.0		0.0	13.0	3.0	19.0	0.0	9.0	15.0	7.0		26.0	17.0	$14,728	$1,025	$13,702
Endeavor Academy	Public, Alternative	4-12	14063 Ken Austin Pkwy	Brooksville	34613	Hernando County	Hernando	No	No	No	No	(352) 797-7013	126	16	7.8	75.4%	53 (42.1%)	25 (19.8%)	33 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (11.1%)								(n/a)				31.0	28.0	21.0	21.0					6.0	25.0	16.0		8.0	5.0		18.0		30.0	$31,620	$1,524	$30,095
Plato Collegiate Academy Tampa	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	7705 Gunn Hwy	Tampa	33625	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	Yes	No	No	No	(813) 222-8687	393	22	18.2	39.7%	158 (40.2%)	24 (6.1%)	147 (37.4%)	35 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.1%)								(n/a)	69.0	76.0	70.0	78.0	79.0	92.0	78.0	69.0	65.0	67.0	72.0	83.0	77.0	60.0	46.0	58.0	71.0	87.0	86.0		95.0	$8,595	$00	$8,595
Hernando Virtual Instruction Program	Public, Virtual, Alternative	1-12	919 N Broad St	Brooksville	34601	Hernando County	Hernando	No	No	Yes	No	(352) 797-7000	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hernando Virtual Instruction	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1070 Varsity Dr	Brooksville	34601	Hernando County	Hernando	No	No	Yes	No	(352) 797-7072	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hernando Eschool Virtual Franchise	Public, Virtual, Alternative	1-12	1070 Varsity Dr	Brooksville	34601	Hernando County	Hernando	No	No	Yes	No	(352) 797-7013	46	6	7.6	37.0%	31 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (28.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)								(n/a)																				100.0		$6,494	$121	$6,373

Frequently Asked Questions about Classical Preparatory School

Is Classical Preparatory School a good school?

Classical Preparatory School ranks 1119^th of 2240 Florida alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Classical Preparatory School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,154 students attended Classical Preparatory School.

What is the racial makeup of Classical Preparatory School?

Students at Classical Preparatory School are 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What district is Classical Preparatory School in?

Pasco

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