CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school in PORT ORANGE, Florida, run under VOLUSIA. The school educates 761 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

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

On the student-mix side, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Volusia County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Volusia County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 6%, going from 809 students in 2018 to 761 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.