Summary:
In zip code 34667 (Hudson, FL), there is a single high school, West Pasco Education Academy, which serves grades 6 through 12 with a very small enrollment of just 104 students. This school is part of the Pasco County school district, which is ranked in the 47th percentile among Florida districts (2 out of 5 stars). The school stands out not for high performance, but for the profound academic and operational challenges it faces, including a critically high chronic absenteeism rate of 61.5% and a student population where 77.88% qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Despite an extraordinary investment of $67,409 per student and an extremely low student-to-teacher ratio of 4.5:1, academic proficiency rates are alarmingly low. In the 2025-2026 school year, proficiency in Algebra 1, Geometry, and 8th Grade Science was 0%, while Civics was the best subject at 32% proficiency—less than half the district average of 83%. The school's state ranking is in the 2nd percentile (825 out of 838 schools), earning it 0 stars, and its graduation rate was 0.0% in 2022-2023. This creates a "high cost, low performance" paradox where immense resources are not translating into academic success.
The most critical factor appears to be chronic absenteeism, which is more than double the district rate (29.2%) and the state rate (31.4%). With nearly two-thirds of students chronically absent, academic achievement is nearly impossible. Year-over-year data shows some volatility—for example, US History proficiency dropped from 58% in 2024-2025 to 27% in 2025-2026—suggesting that with such a small student body, the performance of just a few students can dramatically swing results. The school's ranking history also fluctuates wildly, from the 1st percentile (2023-2024) to the 12th percentile (2024-2025) and back to the 2nd percentile (2025-2026), indicating a school in deep crisis that must first solve its attendance problem to have any chance of improvement.
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