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If you could change one rule at FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192003129
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1600 DOYLE RD, DELTONA, FL 32725 · (386) 860-6600 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
333 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
64%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
56.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 47.3% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 571 | 58.3% | 53.5% |
| DR CARRIE D ROBINSON LITTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 640 | 58.3% | 50.7% |
| ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENTERPRISE | 544 | 59.0% | 55.9% |
| EASTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER PARK | 645 | 59.2% | 58.5% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARCADIA | 622 | 62.5% | 47.7% |
| PRIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 568 | 59.5% | 54.8% |
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 FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,152 of 2,136 | #29 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #1,194 of 2,149 ▲ 328 | #26 of 48 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,001 of 2,149 ▼ 54 | #20 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #1,142 of 2,267 | #26 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #885 of 2,077 | #30 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #631 of 2,108 | #16 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #973 of 2,188 | #25 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #938 of 1,374 | #18 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
571
+137 (+32%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 571 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 58% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 64% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 41 | 11.6:1 | 62% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 42 | 10.3:1 | 64% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 76% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 75% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 64% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 53% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in DELTONA, Florida, FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 571 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in VOLUSIA, a district with 61,765 students across 87 schools.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 38% White, 12% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 16% Hispanic among all Volusia County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school had 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. The school reported 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Florida public elementary schools.
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.5% versus 51.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Census data for Volusia County show median household income comes to about $70,044, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 90 public schools and about 61,765 students.
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 53.5% compares with 49.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The school grew from 434 students in 2020-21 to 571 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
The discussion board for FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 DELTONA
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,648 students
- DELTONA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,132 students
- GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 939 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 932 students
- DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 731 students
Other Forest Lake Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forest Lake Elementary. FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Forest Lake ElementaryColumbia, SC · 652 students
- Forest Lake ElementaryFOREST LAKE, MN · 309 students
Nearby schools
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 653
- LEGACY SCHOLARS ACADEMY2.2 mi · 22
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 544
- SPIRIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 691
- HIGHBANKS LEARNING CENTER2.7 mi · 51
- DELTONA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,132
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 38% White, 45% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FOREST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.