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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002268
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY
1500 CENTER AVE, HOLLY HILL, FL 32117 · (386) 258-4662 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
495 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
70%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
36.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
33.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 32.7% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY this school | 601 | 82.4% | 32.7% |
| WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 502 | 83.7% | 30.6% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 631 | 83.7% | 28.3% |
| HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JASPER | 780 | 82.9% | 40.6% |
| S BRYAN JENNINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 492 | 79.9% | 57.0% |
| LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 576 | 77.6% | 39.3% |
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 HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #2,026 of 2,136 | #48 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #2,056 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #48 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,905 of 2,149 ▲ 128 | #47 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #1,026 of 2,267 | #23 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #432 of 2,077 | #13 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #187 of 2,108 | #3 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #108 of 2,188 | #3 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.8% | #62 of 1,374 | #1 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
601
-359 (-37%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 82% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 1,054 | 75.5 | 14.0:1 | 86% (905) |
| 2022-23 | 1,149 | 72.5 | 15.8:1 | 79% (906) |
| 2020-21 | 960 | 74 | 13.0:1 | 78% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 1,015 | 74 | 13.7:1 | 89% (906) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 75 | 13.0:1 | 92% (893) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 43 | 11.8:1 | 89% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 64% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 948 | 52 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY.
About HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in HOLLY HILL, Florida. The school had 601 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
VOLUSIA enrolls 61,765 students, and its 87 schools include HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY. The largest is Black students, at 38%. The remaining students are 30% White, 24% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Volusia County is about 11% Black. HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 42 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. Around 82% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 53% average for public schools in Volusia County is 29 points lower.
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.9%. HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY scores 32.7%.
Among Volusia County residents, the median household income is $70,044, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY, Volusia County has 89 other public schools.
The shortest distance from HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY to another public school is about 1.9 miles, to BEACHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY is 6th among 6 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY's enrollment declined from 960 in 2020-21 to 601 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.0:1 to 14.3:1.
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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 Holly Hill Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Holly Hill Elementary. HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Holly Hill Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 666 students
- Holly Hill Elementary SchoolAmelia, OH · 419 students
- Holly Hill ElementaryHolly Hill, SC · 356 students
Nearby schools
- BEACHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 618
- SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,587
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 774
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS2.1 mi · 30
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY2.2 mi · 771
- ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY?
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY serve?
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY?
At HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 30% White, 24% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY public or private?
HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.