Pasco eSchool has full-time and part-time enrollment options for students. The school has over 100 staff members. As of 2025, Pasco eSchool has a total of 1,480 students in the school's full-time K–12 program.
The school is funded by the Pasco County School District and Florida state levels. It also has Advanced Placement courses, in addition to dual enrollment, which the school gets from cooperation with nearby colleges. Pasco eSchool created the first virtual American Sign Language course in the United States.[3]
Pasco eSchool is an SACS-CASI[4] and Advanced ED accredited school. It has a 180 day long school year.[5][4][6]
History
Creation
Pasco eSchool was created by the Pasco County Schools in July 7,[4] 2009,[4][7][8] as a virtual alternative school[9] franchise of Florida Virtual School,[10][11] for the 2009-10 school year.[12] The first student class that graduated was in 2010.[5] Former principal JoAnne Glenn was the founder of the school.[13] More than 1,000 students attended the school when it first opened.[14]
COVID–19 pandemic
Virtual schools, including Pasco eSchool, were one of the schools used instead of brick and mortar schools during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[15] The school was one of three school options (including mySchool Online, and brick and mortar) that the school district provided for students during the time period.[16][17] In 2021, it was one of two options without mySchool Online.[18][19][20]
The student enrollment increased by 2,807 students in 2020,[15] and in 2021, about 3% of all children in the district were enrolled as students in Pasco eSchool.[8][21]
Former campus
Pasco eSchool was based in a fringe rural setting,[22] on the campus of Crews Lake Middle School[23] in Spring Hill, Florida.[22] The virtual school stopped using Crews Lake Middle School when it was moved into the newly-built school of Angeline Academy of Innovation in 2023.[24]
Campus
Since 2023, Pasco eSchool's office has been situated at the campus of Angeline Academy of Innovation.[25][24] The school administers Florida State testing from the classrooms in Angeline Academy.[26] Pasco eSchool also uses the rooms for helping students who need additional support, having virtual instruction periods,[27] providing offices for teachers,[28] and hosting occasional in–person visits.[27] High schoolers have their own in-person events, like learning labs at school.[26]
Staff
Pasco eSchool has a total of about 150 staff members who work in different sectors and positions.[29]
Principals
As of 2025, Pasco eSchool has had three principals, changing them two times since the school was founded.[30][31][32] Since 2024, Lori Wiggins is the current principal of Pasco eSchool.[31][32] JoAnne Glenn, founder of Pasco eSchool, was also the school's first principal.[13]
Teachers
As of 2025, Pasco eSchool has about 123 virtual teachers,[29] with the student–teacher ratio being 19:1.[33] They are locally employed from around Pasco County[26] and at least 92% of the teachers are certified to teach.[34]
Students
Pasco eSchool serves students K–12[35][36][37] free of charge.[36] At Pasco eSchool, students do their school work using digital devices at home,[38][39][40] and can work at their own pace during non-traditional school hours in the day.[41][42][10] Students may engage in contact with teachers and classmates during web-based class sessions.[10]
Enrollment
The school has a full-time and a part-time enrollment program.[43] All K–12 students in Pasco eSchool full-time enrollment take all of their total six courses digitally at Pasco eSchool.[44] Pasco eSchool has a 28 day grace period for students to drop out.[26]
Amount
The graph of the enrollment of students in Pasco eSchool throughout the years in 6–12
Pasco eSchool teaches 1,480 full-time students yearly,[46] serving students K–12.[47] Pasco eSchool instructs 8,000 individual students both within and outside of Pasco County, in annual total, including part-time and full-time enrolled students.[5] It is the third largest virtual school by number of student enrollment in Florida.[48]
Below is the student enrollment of Pasco eSchool in 6–12:
Awards and recognitions
Staff awards
At Pasco eSchool, staff have gotten statewide and national recognitions for their work on online teaching.[48]
Glenn was also awarded Pasco County's 2020 Principal of the Year.[50][43]
School awards
During the 2017–18 school year (Pasco eSchool's 10th year open), Pasco eSchool was awarded the Florida Virtual School Franchise of the Year among larger district franchises.[23]
Funding
Pasco eSchool is funded by the Pasco County School Board since 2009.[14][51] The school is also funded by the State of Florida, when Pasco eSchool's students are successful in learning.[52]
Courses
At Pasco eSchool, each course is completed digitally, and is designed to be able to be completed in 18 weeks or less by students.[38] The courses can be completed at students' own paces.[16]
Class options
Pasco eSchool has the same courses as Florida Virtual School,[26] though it has 50 more elective, career, and technical courses compared to that of Florida Virtual School.[6] The school has more course options than any other learning program in the State of Florida.[26]
In July 2012,[53] Pasco eSchool was the first virtual school to create its own elective American Sign Language class in the United States.[54][53]
Advanced courses
The school offers several Advanced Placement (AP) courses for high school students.[55][34] The AP participation rate is 32%.[55] There are a total of 23 Advanced Placement courses at Pasco eSchool.[34] Pasco eSchool also has an Accelerated Math program for gifted students.[56][57]
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