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What's something GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
780
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001987
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1000 N GARFIELD AVE, DELAND, FL 32724 · (386) 822-6630 · Volusia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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
15.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
446 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
60%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
58.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 50.8% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 780 | 57.2% | 55.5% |
| WENDELL WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 764 | 58.6% | 47.4% |
| MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 787 | 58.7% | 50.4% |
| SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 829 | 61.6% | 50.9% |
| FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 704 | 55.0% | 64.1% |
| MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 653 | 58.7% | 77.1% |
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 GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #1,061 of 2,136 | #25 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,098 of 2,149 ▲ 244 | #23 of 48 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #899 of 2,149 ▲ 160 | #19 of 48 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #516 of 2,267 | #5 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #824 of 2,077 | #27 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #870 of 2,108 | #25 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #1,005 of 2,188 | #26 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.8% | #88 of 621 | #2 of 17 |
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
780
+223 (+40%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 780 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 57% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 66% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 61% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 57% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 68% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 65% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | 60 | 12.9:1 | 67% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 45% (363) |
| 1990-91 | 832 | 41 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in DELAND, Florida. The school counts 780 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
VOLUSIA has 61,765 students spread across 87 schools.
A majority of students at GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 51%, are White. Next come 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 71% White. GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.3 students per teacher and 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.5%.
Volusia County has about 579,622 residents, and median household income is about $70,044, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 90 public schools in Volusia County, with a combined enrollment of about 61,765.
DELAND HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 50.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
In the federal locale system, GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 557 in 2020-21 and 780 in 2024-25, a 40% increase. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
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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
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 729 students
- SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 664 students
- WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 532 students
Nearby schools
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,936
- ESE RELATED SERVICES1.3 mi · 37
- PK CHILD CARE PROGRAM1.3 mi · 1
- BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 524
- EDITH I. STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 270
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 780 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.