INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in EDGEWATER, Florida, INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school, one of the schools within VOLUSIA. It educates 614 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 87 schools in VOLUSIA (61,765 students total), INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest is composed of 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 60.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Volusia County shows median household earnings sit near $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

EDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 614 students in 2018 compared to 614 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 85% to 81% over that span.

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