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Enrollment
1,059
Middle
DISTRICT 1,016 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002418
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
1400 AQUARIUS AVE, DELAND, FL 32724 · (386) 822-5678 · Volusia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,059 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
568 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 | 370 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 360 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 329 | 31% |
Student demographics
65%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
48.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 42.7% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,059 | 53.6% | 46.4% |
| POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 1,041 | 52.6% | 51.1% |
| TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 1,120 | 55.9% | 56.5% |
| LAKELAND HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,118 | 52.4% | 54.0% |
| HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL DELTONA | 932 | 54.9% | 47.9% |
| PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 858 | 53.5% | 57.0% |
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 DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #379 of 560 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #342 of 560 ▲ 64 | #6 of 12 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #352 of 560 ▲ 54 | #10 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,059 | #113 of 584 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #337 of 547 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #160 of 553 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #255 of 565 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #323 of 379 | #7 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
1,059
+125 (+13%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,418
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 1,059 | 53 | 20.0:1 | 54% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 1,063 | 59 | 18.0:1 | 62% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 1,074 | 56 | 19.2:1 | 61% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 934 | 56 | 16.7:1 | 66% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 1,110 | 70 | 15.9:1 | 70% (773) |
| 2015-16 | 1,006 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 68% (684) |
| 2010-11 | 1,130 | 66 | 17.1:1 | 55% (625) |
| 2000-01 | 1,546 | 102 | 15.2:1 | 44% (685) |
| 1990-91 | 1,418 | 84 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school based in DELAND, Florida. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,059 students. That puts enrollment 33% bigger than the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida.
Across its 87 schools, VOLUSIA enrolls 61,765 students. DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 45 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 36% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Volusia County is about 71% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 20.0 students per teacher, from 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, 54% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Volusia County is similar, at 53%.
Among Florida public middle schools, DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.4%, compared with a predicted 54.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Volusia County show the median household earns about $70,044 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, Volusia County has 90 public schools.
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles from DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 934 to 1,059. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 DELAND
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 786 students
- GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 729 students
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 664 students
- WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 532 students
Nearby schools
- EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 270
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 664
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 786
- ESE RELATED SERVICES1.9 mi · 37
- PK CHILD CARE PROGRAM1.9 mi · 1
- WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,059 students in grades 06-08.
Is DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 45% White, 36% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
DELAND 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.