EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate elementary school in DELAND, Florida, overseen by VOLUSIA, enrolls 270 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within VOLUSIA, which oversees 87 schools and 61,765 students, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Black, 17% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Volusia County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Volusia County shows 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. EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).

SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 37%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 27% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.