The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Math. The lowest is 43% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Cypress Elementary School
Cypress Elementary sits on Sweet Bay Court in New Port Richey, a small Gulf Coast city in western Pasco County within the Tampa metro area. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Pasco County district, drawing from a mid-sized elementary enrollment. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a higher-need economic context. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up a meaningful share, and smaller representation across other groups. Data on English learner and special education rates were not available.
Academic results from Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent school year give parents a mixed picture. In reading and language arts, proficiency rates across tested grades fall below the halfway mark at every grade level, ranging from the mid-thirties to just under half. Math results follow a similar pattern in third and fifth grades, with fourth grade notably lower. Fifth-grade science proficiency comes in at roughly the same level as ELA. There is one grade-six math data point showing a very high rate, but with only a handful of students typically reaching that grade in an elementary setting, that result likely reflects a very small group and is not representative of the school's overall math picture. In plain terms, fewer than half of students at most grade levels are testing at or above proficiency in reading and math. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether results are improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent who wants to understand the trajectory should ask the school directly for recent year-over-year comparison data.
Pasco County's comparison set for this school consists of a single district, so a relative ranking among county districts does not apply here. The academic data should be read in the context of the school's economic profile: schools serving a large share of economically disadvantaged students frequently face compounding challenges, and parents may want to ask the school about specific instructional supports, reading intervention programs, and how student progress is monitored across grades.
On the district side, there are a few developments worth knowing. Pasco County voters approved a property-tax referendum in 2022 to fund salaries for teachers and non-administrative staff, and publicly reported information indicates teacher vacancies have dropped considerably since that vote took effect. A renewal of that levy is headed to the November 2026 ballot, so homeowners should expect it to continue coming up. Separately, voters renewed the "Penny for Pasco" sales tax, a portion of which funds school construction and renovations. Most of the growth pressure in the district is concentrated in East Pasco around Wesley Chapel, which is where new schools have been opening and attendance zones are being redrawn. Cypress Elementary's New Port Richey location sits in the western, more established part of the county, which is somewhat insulated from that rezoning churn.
New Port Richey itself is a compact city with a walkable riverfront downtown anchored by Sims Park along the Pithlachascotee River. The downtown has been in an active revitalization phase, earning a Main Street America accreditation in 2026, with new businesses and public-space improvements added over several years. Outside that core, the city runs car-dependent along the US-19 commercial corridor. Healthcare and public education are the dominant employment sectors, with Morton Plant North Bay Hospital and the district itself among the larger employers. New apartment construction is underway at the city's edges with completion expected in 2027, adding housing supply to the area.
On housing, the zip code around the school shows home values that sit below both the statewide and national medians, with values down modestly year over year. Rents have also pulled back from recent highs. The rent-to-income ratio sits at a level that, while not extreme, still represents a real cost for working families. For buyers, monthly carrying costs depend heavily on the current rate environment, and rates in mid-2026 remain elevated relative to pre-2022 norms.
Program-specific information for Cypress Elementary was not available in the data, so details on enrichment, arts, or after-school offerings would need to come from the school directly.
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