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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002538
CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
557 RONNOC LN, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168 · (386) 426-7340 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
241 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
75.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
479
+57 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.2:1
% White
71%
was 70%
% Hispanic
10%
was 4%
% Black
9%
was 16%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Volusia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,622
Census ACS
Median income
$70,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
61,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VOLUSIA
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Other schools in NEW SMYRNA BEACH
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,036 students
- READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
- SAMSULA ACADEMYElementary · 151 students
Nearby schools
- READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 369
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,036
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,687
- EDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOL3.5 mi · 439
- CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 242
- INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 479 students in grades PK-05.
Is CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.