The Pasco County School District ranks 34th among the state's 67 school districts, according to rankings released Monday by the Florida Department of Education.
Pasco tied with Orange and Volusia counties.
The rankings are based on a point system derived from Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores. The total is the sum of scores for reading, math, science and writing; learning gains in reading and math; and scores for learning gains in reading and math among the lowest 25 percent of students in each school.
Hillsborough County ranked 38th and Pinellas County ranked 49th. The top-ranked district is St. Johns County in northeast Florida. In last place is Madison County, which is along the Georgia border.
The district-by-district ranking is the first phase of an initiative that eventually will include a ranking of every school in the state, the Department of Education reported.
The state says the goal is to make it easier for parents to assess school district performance.
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