FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in DELAND, Florida, FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 786 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under VOLUSIA. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

Looking at the student body, FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 57.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Volusia County put median household income runs about $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 776 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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