The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Math. The lowest is 47% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Connerton Elementary School
Connerton Elementary sits on Flourish Drive inside the Connerton master-planned community in Land O' Lakes, a fast-growing suburban census-designated place in Pasco County just north of Tampa. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade and carries a large enrollment for an elementary school of its grade band, with grade-level headcounts rising steadily from kindergarten through fifth grade, a pattern consistent with a community still adding families. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is majority white, with Hispanic students making up the next largest share, followed by Black students, Asian students, and students of two or more races. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the materials provided.
Academically, Florida's FAST assessment results show a school performing in the mid-range in reading and math across tested grades. In ELA, third and fourth graders are proficient at a rate that places roughly two in three students at grade level, while fifth-grade ELA proficiency drops to just above half. Math results follow a similar pattern: third-grade proficiency is just above half, fourth grade lands at exactly half, and fifth grade sits slightly above that. Fifth-grade science proficiency comes in below half. The sixth-grade math result shows all tested students as proficient, though that reflects a very small cohort and should be read with caution rather than as representative of school-wide performance. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers are improving, stable, or declining. The comparison fact-set for Pasco County had only one district in its cohort, so a within-county positioning on proficiency was not calculable. A parent who wants to understand where this school sits relative to others in Florida or within Pasco County's individual schools would want to ask the school directly or consult the state's school grades report.
The school operates as a regular public school within Pasco County Schools, not a charter or magnet. It has no reported Title I designation. Discipline, attendance, and staffing data were not available.
The surrounding community is genuinely suburban and car-dependent. Publicly reported walkability scores place the area near the bottom of the scale, and there is no traditional town center. Daily life runs on arterials, and even within Connerton's internal trail and boardwalk network, accessing anything off-campus requires a vehicle. Land O' Lakes is one of the fastest-growing areas in Florida by most accounts, with thousands of new homes under construction in Connerton and nearby Angeline, and a major life sciences employment campus from Moffitt Cancer Center taking shape nearby. That growth means families buying into the area should be aware that the Pasco district has already adjusted school attendance boundaries in growth corridors and has more rezoning processes underway.
At the district level, two voter-approved funding measures are relevant context. Pasco County voters in 2022 approved a property-tax referendum that has funded raises for teachers and non-administrative staff; teacher vacancies fell sharply after it passed, and the board is seeking renewal in November 2026. The county's one-cent sales tax, renewed in 2022 through the mid-2030s, directs a share of proceeds to the school district for new construction, safety improvements, and technology, which matters in a county building new schools to keep pace with enrollment.
Housing near the school runs above the Florida state median and above the national median, with values down year over year in the relevant zip code. Rents are substantial, and the rent-to-income ratio using national median income sits at a level that makes rental affordability worth examining carefully for incoming families.
For a family looking for a neighborhood school embedded in a master-planned community with a growing peer population, reasonable but not exceptional test scores, and access to a district investing in staffing and capital, Connerton Elementary fits that picture. Families who want deeper insight into fifth-grade reading and science outcomes, or who are curious about how instruction is structured for students not yet at grade level, would do well to follow up with the school directly.
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