DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in DELTONA, Florida, one of the schools within VOLUSIA. The school teaches 731 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 87 schools in VOLUSIA (61,765 students total), DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% White, 13% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Volusia County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Volusia County put the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Volusia County's 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 790 students in 2018 compared to 731 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.