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Pasco’s Cox Elementary dodges state control with jump to B grade

Cox Elementary ESE support facilitator Gabrielle Mitchell walks past a sign that explains the school's expectations in April. The school accomplished its goal of raising its past D grades to a B in the 2025 state accountability system. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]

Cox Elementary School no longer faces the threat of an outside takeover as it approaches its 100th anniversary.

The Dade City school, which had received D grades from the state for four consecutive years, scored a B in the 2025 accountability system. That achievement moves Cox off the state’s watch list, which includes a mandatory improvement plan that could lead to charter school control or closure.

The success does not mean the school district will end the efforts implemented to achieve the needed gains.