CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the cozy elementary schools in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, part of VOLUSIA, with 242 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 60% below typical.

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

On demographics, CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Volusia County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.5%; actual is 89.4%, +21.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Volusia County put the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).

The closest other public school is EDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOL, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 62.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 222 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 8% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.