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Enrollment
780
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192003130
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
88 W HIGHBANKS RD, DEBARY, FL 32713 · (386) 668-3530 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
246 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
53%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
64.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 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 up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 71.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
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 DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 780 | 31.5% | 68.9% |
| SHORE ACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 690 | 30.3% | 75.7% |
| LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 636 | 33.6% | 71.0% |
| VETERANS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 721 | 29.3% | 81.9% |
| IVY HAWN CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS LAKE HELEN | 947 | 33.8% | 67.8% |
| 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 DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #501 of 2,136 | #8 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #452 of 2,149 ▲ 55 | #5 of 48 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #659 of 2,149 ▼ 47 | #10 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #517 of 2,267 | #6 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #825 of 2,077 | #28 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #1,244 of 2,108 | #30 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #1,787 of 2,188 | #45 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #441 of 621 | #12 of 17 |
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
780
+81 (+12%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 916
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 780 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 32% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 921 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 39% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 38% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 33% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 45% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 46% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 38% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 916 | 47 | 19.5:1 | 27% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in DEBARY, Florida. The school counts 780 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
The 87 schools in VOLUSIA enroll 61,765 students altogether, DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Roughly 65% of students at DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.3:1, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 32%. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County is 21 points.
The allk12 Grade for DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +3.6 points: 68.9% actual, 65.4% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Volusia County show that the median household income is $70,044, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Volusia County has 89 other public schools.
The school nearest to DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is VOLUSIA ONLINE LEARNING-FLVS (FRANCHISE), at a distance of about 2.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 81 more students in 2024-25.
Discussions about DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 DEBARY
- VOLUSIA ONLINE LEARNING-FLVS (FRANCHISE)Combined · 442 students
- THE READING EDGE ACADEMYElementary · 328 students
- VOLUSIA COUNTY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
- VOLUSIA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM DISTRICT PROVIDEDCombined
Nearby schools
- VOLUSIA ONLINE LEARNING-FLVS (FRANCHISE)2.2 mi · 442
- THE READING EDGE ACADEMY2.3 mi · 328
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 2,855
- HIGHBANKS LEARNING CENTER3.0 mi · 51
- DELTONA MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 1,132
- MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 787
Frequently asked questions
About DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 780 students in grades PK-05.
Is DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 65% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEBARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.