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Enrollment
618
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002709
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4751 HIDDEN LAKE DR, PORT ORANGE, FL 32129 · (386) 756-7150 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- A-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
12.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
317 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 | 25 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
61%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
63.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
68.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 62.9% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 618 | 51.3% | 64.9% |
| BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 663 | 55.1% | 63.4% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
| ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 558 | 49.8% | 79.9% |
| CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 729 | 52.9% | 58.5% |
| OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 731 | 48.3% | 73.3% |
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 HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #651 of 2,136 | #14 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #722 of 2,149 ▲ 104 | #14 of 48 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #674 of 2,149 ▲ 90 | #11 of 48 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #965 of 2,267 | #20 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #128 of 2,077 | #1 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #839 of 2,108 | #24 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #1,246 of 2,188 | #34 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #502 of 1,374 | #9 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
618
-54 (-8%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 973
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 618 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 51% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 59% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 62 | 12.5:1 | 55% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 56 | 12.0:1 | 52% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 64% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 57 | 12.7:1 | 65% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 56% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 36% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 973 | 49 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in PORT ORANGE, Florida. A federal count lists 618 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
VOLUSIA includes 87 schools. Together they enroll 61,765 students.
By race and ethnicity, HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58% White. The school is also 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 71% White share among all Volusia County residents. By the diversity index, HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 61%.
Its 48 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 51%. That is close to the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County.
The allk12 Grade for HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 64.9%. Predicted: 55.5%.
Volusia County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,044, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 90 public schools in Volusia County.
The next-closest public school is SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 65.2% on proficiency, and HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 64.9%.
Federal data place HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 672 in 2020-21 and 618 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Community posts for HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 PORT ORANGE
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,199 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,120 students
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 726 students
Other Horizon Elementary schools
19 other US public schools in 15 states are named Horizon Elementary. HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 20.
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUNRISE, FL · 505 students
- Horizon ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 845 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolGranger, IN · 679 students
- Horizon ElementaryJohnston, IA · 613 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 567 students
Nearby schools
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 617
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,576
- SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,199
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND2.1 mi · 49
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,209
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 726
Frequently asked questions
About HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 618 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.