BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized elementary school in DELAND, Florida, part of VOLUSIA, educates 524 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

VOLUSIA comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 61,765 students; BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% White, 19% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Volusia County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 45.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Volusia County put the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Volusia County's 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DELAND HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 9%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 524 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 36% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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