The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in Math. The lowest is 37% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Schrader Elementary School
Schrader Elementary sits on Little Road in New Port Richey, a suburban Gulf Coast city in western Pasco County within the Tampa metro. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within Pasco County Schools, and its enrollment puts it on the larger side for an elementary school serving this grade band.
The community around the school has its own texture. New Port Richey has a walkable historic riverfront downtown anchored by Sims Park along the Pithlachascotee River, with Main Street dining, boutique shops, and public gathering spaces that have been publicly described as undergoing a sustained revitalization, including a 2026 Main Street America accreditation. Outside that core, the city is car-dependent. Healthcare and public education are the dominant employment sectors, with Morton Plant North Bay Hospital and Pasco County Schools among the larger employers. A Regency Park county library branch sits on Little Road, not far from the school itself.
The student body reflects a community with real economic need. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a meaningful indicator of household income levels in the attendance zone. The school is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller shares of Black and multiracial students. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in this dataset, so parents with children in those categories may want to contact the school directly about services.
On Florida's FAST assessments, Schrader's results across the tested grades fall below where most families would hope to see them. In third through fifth grade, ELA proficiency rates run from roughly the high thirties into the mid-forties, meaning that in any given tested grade, fewer than half of students are scoring at the proficient level. Math results follow a similar pattern, with fourth and fifth grade proficiency both in the upper thirties and third grade somewhat higher. Fifth grade science results are in the same range. A sixth-grade math data point appears in the dataset, but because Schrader serves only through fifth grade, that figure likely reflects a very small group and should not be read as representative. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this dataset to say whether scores are moving up, down, or holding. Parents who want to understand what supports are in place for students who are behind grade level would be right to ask the school directly.
The housing market near Schrader is modestly priced relative to Florida as a whole, with home values in the zip code running below the state benchmark and rents that have recently softened year over year. The rent-to-income ratio, based on available affordability data, sits near the threshold many housing economists describe as a cost-burdened threshold, which is consistent with the income pressures visible in the school's lunch program numbers. For families considering purchasing, the local market offers more entry-level access than many Florida coastal communities.
At the district level, Pasco County voters in 2022 approved a property-tax millage referendum to raise non-administrative salaries, and publicly reported figures show that teacher vacancies across the district dropped substantially in the years following. A renewal of that referendum is headed to the November 2026 ballot, which is relevant to homeowners in the area as an ongoing tax consideration. Separately, a renewed penny sales tax provides capital funding for construction, renovations, and safety improvements across the district. The rapid enrollment growth reshaping east Pasco, with new magnet schools and attendance-zone adjustments, is geographically distinct from the New Port Richey side of the county where Schrader is located, though families should be aware that boundary adjustments are an active district-wide practice.
Schrader is a neighborhood elementary school in a community that is economically mixed and actively investing in its downtown core. The academic results as reported indicate that the majority of students are not yet reaching proficiency on state assessments, and that is a fact parents should factor into their thinking and follow up on with the school.
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