CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a close-knit elementary campus in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, operated by VOLUSIA, serves 479 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 604.

VOLUSIA runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 61,765 students. CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. Compared to Volusia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 73.4%, a residual of +17.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Volusia County shows median household income runs about $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 66.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 14%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 16% to 9%.

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