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Enrollment
922
Middle
DISTRICT 1,016 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192005747
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL
1860 N CLYDE MORRIS BLVD, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32117 · (386) 258-4682 · Volusia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL922 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Florida public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- ·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
18.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
491 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 | 318 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 301 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%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
53.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 54.1% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 922 | 53.3% | 55.3% |
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
| KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 1,014 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 900 | 49.4% | 57.2% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST MELBOURNE | 1,059 | 53.1% | 51.0% |
| FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 897 | 58.1% | 48.0% |
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 DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #251 of 560 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #281 of 560 ▼ 3 | #4 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #288 of 560 ▼ 31 | #5 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 922 | #200 of 584 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #198 of 547 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #88 of 553 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #259 of 565 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #264 of 379 | #5 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
922
+84 (+10%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,067
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 922 | 50.3 | 18.3:1 | 53% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 902 | 52.5 | 17.2:1 | 57% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 52 | 18.3:1 | 52% (498) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 57% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 62 | 16.2:1 | 58% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 942 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 54% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 1,067 | 58 | 18.4:1 | 44% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle-grades school run by VOLUSIA in DAYTONA BEACH, Florida. The school serves 922 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
VOLUSIA serves 61,765 students across 87 schools.
At DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. It is also 26% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Volusia County is roughly 71% White. DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 18.3 students per teacher and 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 53%. That tracks the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County.
The allk12 Grade for DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 55.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Volusia County show that the median household income is $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.8 miles. DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL climbed 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 838 to 922 students.
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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 DAYTONA BEACH
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,587 students
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 774 students
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMYHigh · 771 students
- PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
Nearby schools
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 774
- HALIFAX BEHAVIORAL SERVICES2.4 mi · 9
- TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 652
- HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 601
- AMIKIDS VOLUSIA2.6 mi · 22
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 922 students in grades 06-08.
Is DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 47% White, 12% Hispanic, 26% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
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