DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary campus in SPRING HILL, Florida, run under HERNANDO, hosts 854 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

Across the 29 schools in HERNANDO (23,734 students total), DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hernando County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 45.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hernando County shows median household income runs about $66,058, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hernando County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students), of which DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 854 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 21% to 40%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.