Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002010
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
730 S PARSONS AVE, DELAND, FL 32720 · (386) 943-7950 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
215 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +19.6pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +22.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 28.5% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 270 | 79.6% | 39.8% |
| DIXIELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 344 | 81.7% | 38.0% |
| LACOOCHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DADE CITY | 296 | 76.7% | 43.7% |
| BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 357 | 74.2% | 35.6% |
| JAMES E. STEPHENS ACADEMY BARTOW | 336 | 79.2% | 51.5% |
| JOHN SNIVELY ELEMENTARY ELOISE | 396 | 82.3% | 44.5% |
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 EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,817 of 2,136 | #43 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,501 of 2,149 ▲ 583 | #37 of 48 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,338 of 2,149 ▲ 669 | #34 of 48 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #2,031 of 2,267 | #46 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,511 of 2,077 | #41 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #561 of 2,108 | #12 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #156 of 2,188 | #5 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #86 of 1,374 | #2 of 30 |
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
270
-55 (-17%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 270 | 15.6 | 17.3:1 | 80% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 18.4 | 15.3:1 | 87% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 22.6 | 13.1:1 | 83% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 79% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 94% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 41 | 9.9:1 | 98% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 37 | 10.3:1 | 91% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 79% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in DELAND, Florida. The school enrolls 270 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 55% below average.
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by VOLUSIA, whose 87 schools enroll 61,765 students.
At EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 46%. Other groups include 32% Black, 17% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Volusia County residents are about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 17.5:1. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Volusia County average 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 41.3%. It scores 39.8%, 1.5 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Volusia County, the median household earns about $70,044 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Volusia County has 90 public schools.
SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 325 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 270. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.3:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
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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
- DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,059 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 786 students
- GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 780 students
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 729 students
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 664 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 664
- DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,059
- PK CHILD CARE PROGRAM1.0 mi · 1
- ESE RELATED SERVICES1.0 mi · 37
- WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 532
- GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 17% White, 46% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
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