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Enrollment
1,120
Middle
DISTRICT 1,016 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192003808
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
6801 AIRPORT RD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32128 · (386) 322-6155 · Volusia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,120 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
354 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 386 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 349 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 385 | 34% |
Student demographics
41%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
68.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 71.8% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,120 | 31.6% | 69.5% |
| RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 1,026 | 33.7% | 53.5% |
| YULEE MIDDLE SCHOOL YULEE | 1,174 | 32.2% | 76.2% |
| JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 859 | 31.1% | 67.0% |
| WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 882 | 34.6% | 66.8% |
| PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 1,017 | 27.9% | 63.6% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #96 of 560 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #133 of 560 ▼ 20 | #1 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #113 of 560 ▼ 6 | #1 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,120 | #86 of 584 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #338 of 547 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #449 of 553 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #465 of 565 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #294 of 379 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,120
+82 (+8%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,138
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 1,120 | 56 | 20.0:1 | 32% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 1,162 | 65.1 | 17.9:1 | 37% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 1,222 | 63.5 | 19.2:1 | 39% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 1,038 | 53 | 19.6:1 | 42% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 1,200 | 66 | 18.2:1 | 41% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 1,188 | 70 | 17.0:1 | 41% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 1,138 | 63 | 18.1:1 | 33% (373) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school found in PORT ORANGE, Florida. The school had 1,120 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 41% bigger than that.
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL belongs to VOLUSIA, a district of 87 schools and 61,765 students.
A majority of students at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 76%, are White. Next come 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
The school reported 56 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 20.0:1. Middle schools in Florida average about 19.6:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 32% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 21 points below the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County.
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 69.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Volusia County, median household income is about $70,044, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County, which together enroll about 61,765 students.
Nearest public school: CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 7. On average proficiency, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,038 in 2020-21 and 1,120 in 2024-25, an 8% increase.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 PORT ORANGE
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,199 students
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 726 students
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
Other Creekside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Creekside Middle. CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Creekside Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,428 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolFairfield, OH · 1,111 students
- Creekside MiddlePatterson, CA · 907 students
- Creekside MiddleCastro Valley, CA · 754 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolWoodstock, IL · 736 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 761
- SAMSULA ACADEMY3.1 mi · 151
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 2,576
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 726
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 618
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,120 students in grades 06-08.
Is CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.