GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1000 N GARFIELD AVE, in DELAND, Florida, GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary-level community that enrolls 780 students (grades K through 5), overseen by VOLUSIA. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

Demographically, GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, Volusia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DELAND HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 38%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 780 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 23% to 37%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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