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Enrollment
761
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192005404
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6100 S WILLIAMSON BLVD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32128 · (386) 322-5162 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
241 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
45%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
70.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
74.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.4pp 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 down about 2 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 | 70.8% | 74.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 74.3% |
% 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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 CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 761 | 31.7% | 74.3% |
| ROBERT M. PATERSON ELEMENTARY ORANGE PARK | 665 | 32.8% | 89.1% |
| ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 964 | 28.0% | 84.7% |
| ROBERT WILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKEWOOD RANCH | 785 | 25.9% | 79.2% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 741 | 28.2% | 82.2% |
| DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CLEARWATER | 722 | 28.1% | 81.5% |
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 CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #318 of 2,136 | #4 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #461 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #6 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #412 of 2,149 ▼ 120 | #5 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #557 of 2,267 | #8 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,283 of 2,077 | #39 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #1,541 of 2,108 | #40 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #1,782 of 2,188 | #44 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #1,129 of 1,374 | #25 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
761
+125 (+20%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 761 | 46 | 16.5:1 | 32% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 797 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 35% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 33% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 31% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 52 | 15.6:1 | 34% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 56 | 14.0:1 | 39% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 30% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in PORT ORANGE, Florida. Federal data show 761 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
VOLUSIA, which runs CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 87 schools and 61,765 students.
At CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 73% of students are White. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Volusia County at about 71% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 32% at CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The 53% average for public schools in Volusia County is 21 points higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 74.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.3%.
In Volusia County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $70,044, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 90 public schools in the county, enrolling about 61,765, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.4 miles from CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 761, up from 636 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.5:1, from 14.4:1.
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,120 students
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 726 students
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
Other Cypress Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cypress Creek Elementary. CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRUSKIN, FL · 834 students
Nearby schools
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,120
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,576
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 726
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 617
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 618
- SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.4 mi · 1,199
Frequently asked questions
About CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 761 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.