Hudson Academy, Hudson FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hudson Academy

Hudson Academy is a public school in Hudson, Florida, serving grades four through eight. It sits on Cobra Way in an unincorporated Gulf Coast community at the western edge of Pasco County, part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and it operates under the Pasco County School District.

The school is a mid-to-large campus for its grade band, with enrollment spread across all five grades. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places Hudson Academy in economically challenged territory by Florida standards. Racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with a meaningful Hispanic share and smaller groups across other categories. Data on students with IEPs and English learners were not available in what we reviewed.

On Florida's FAST assessments, academic proficiency is low across the board, and parents should go in with clear eyes about that. In both ELA and math, the younger grades perform below what Florida sees at midpoint schools statewide, with the fourth and fifth grade math results particularly low. Scores improve in the middle grades, especially in seventh and eighth grade math, though they remain well below majority-proficient. ELA follows a similar pattern, rising in sixth and seventh grade before dipping again in eighth. Science proficiency in fifth grade is quite low; the eighth grade science result is somewhat stronger but still modest. Because this is the school's first year with these reported results in our data, we cannot speak to trend direction, and the district's records flag that trend comparability is uncertain. A parent who wants to understand whether scores are moving would do well to ask the school directly about its improvement trajectory.

Multi-year trend data was not available in what we reviewed, so we cannot say whether proficiency is climbing, flat, or declining. There are no graduation rate data here because Hudson Academy does not serve high school grades. Chronic absenteeism data was also absent from the records provided.

Program information was not included in our data for this school. We looked but found nothing to report on course offerings, electives, extracurriculars, or enrichment tracks.

The surrounding community is a sparse suburban place built largely along the U.S. 19 corridor, with canal-front subdivisions stretching toward the Gulf. Almost all daily errands require a car. The dominant employer is a large regional hospital system, and healthcare more broadly anchors the local economy alongside senior services and retail. SunWest Park, a county-run waterfront recreation area built in a former limestone quarry, and Hudson Regional Library are among the main civic anchors. New residential construction is active at the edges of the community even as the CDP's own population has been roughly flat, so the neighborhood is in a mild transition.

On housing, the local market sits modestly below the Florida statewide benchmark for home values and has seen a slight year-over-year decline. Renting takes a meaningful share of a typical household's income at current asking rates. Pasco County voters approved a millage referendum in 2022 to fund teacher and staff salaries, publicly reported to have sharply cut teacher vacancies districtwide, and a renewal is being pursued for the November 2026 ballot. A separate sales tax renewal also channels capital funds to the district for construction, renovations, and safety, relevant given rapid growth in eastern parts of the county. Families in the Hudson area are not currently in the rezoning zones being adjusted for Wesley Chapel and Zephyrhills growth, but Pasco's overall expansion context is worth tracking.

The comparison data for Pasco County contained only one district, so a peer comparison on proficiency, absenteeism, or graduation was not possible from what we have.

Hudson Academy is a neighborhood public school in a working-class Gulf Coast community, with test results that are below Florida norms and limited program data available. Families who want more detail on academic supports, staffing stability, or any specialized programming the school may offer would be well served by contacting the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 49% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 52% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 57% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 50 pts below county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 48% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 61% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 54% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 53% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 59% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 57% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 52% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 49% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 47% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

This schoolPASCO, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income19%Higher-income46%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income24%Higher-income40%16 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income42%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income44%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income29%Higher-income38%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income12%Higher-income46%33 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income16%Higher-income27%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income33%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income42%Higher-income49%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income56%19 pp gap