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Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192007786
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
729 HAZEN RD, DELAND, FL 32720 · (386) 626-0053 · Volusia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
386 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
56.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 51.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 729 | 52.9% | 58.5% |
| SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 735 | 55.0% | 60.6% |
| HIGHLANDS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 691 | 50.1% | 66.5% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
| IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT WEST MELBOURNE WEST MELBOURNE | 665 | 54.0% | 60.8% |
| FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 786 | 49.9% | 57.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #940 of 2,136 | #22 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #889 of 2,149 ▲ 408 | #19 of 48 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #1,022 of 2,149 ▼ 125 | #21 of 48 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #629 of 2,267 | #12 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,126 of 2,077 | #35 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #619 of 2,108 | #15 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #1,174 of 2,188 | #31 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #466 of 1,374 | #7 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
729
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 729 | 45.5 | 16.0:1 | 53% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 58.5 | 14.1:1 | 62% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 56.3 | 15.0:1 | 58% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 54 | 12.7:1 | 54% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 919 | 67 | 13.7:1 | 68% (628) |
| 2015-16 | 907 | 64 | 14.2:1 | 71% (647) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in DELAND, Florida. It educates 729 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
Enrollment across the 87 schools in VOLUSIA totals 61,765 students.
White students make up a majority at CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 53%. The remaining students are 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Volusia County is about 71% White. CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 16.0 students per teacher and 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 58.5% actual against 54.6% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Volusia County show that the median household income is $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in the county.
ESE RELATED SERVICES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles away. The five-mile area around CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7.
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has grown by 46 students since 2020-21, to 729. By 2024-25, the school had 16.0 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 DELAND
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,059 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 786 students
- GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 664 students
- WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 532 students
Other Citrus Grove Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Citrus Grove Elementary. CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARYPALM CITY, FL · 596 students
Nearby schools
- ESE RELATED SERVICES1.8 mi · 37
- PK CHILD CARE PROGRAM1.8 mi · 1
- WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 532
- GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 780
- EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 270
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 664
Frequently asked questions
About CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 729 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 53% White, 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.