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LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

5175 US HIGHWAY 17, DE LEON SPRINGS, FL 32130 · (386) 943-6384 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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

Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
249 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K175%
Kindergarten6017%
Grade 16819%
Grade 24813%
Grade 36719%
Grade 44212%
Grade 55616%

This year's kindergarten class (60) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (56).

Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
12435%
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
21259%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
134%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Two+
93%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
18451%
Female
17449%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
44.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.5%61.1%
2023-2441.7%53.8%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school35869.6%50.5%
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLANT CITY
32971.1%43.1%
MOORE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOORE HAVEN
34474.1%52.6%
NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NOCATEE
47570.3%44.4%
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LABELLE
44664.1%42.0%
FRIENDSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DELTONA
42973.7%45.1%
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 LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Volusia County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.5%#1,317 of 2,136#34 of 48
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
61.1%#1,051 of 2,149
▲ 148
#22 of 48
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.5%#1,573 of 2,149
▼ 17
#42 of 48
▼ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
358#1,869 of 2,267#42 of 50
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.8:1#278 of 2,077#4 of 47
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
52.7%#1,241 of 2,108#29 of 47
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
69.6%#476 of 2,188#10 of 48
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.5%#1,064 of 1,374#23 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 2024-25
Enrollment
358
+31 (+9%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253582613.8:170% (249)
2023-2439027.514.2:177% (301)
2022-234062914.0:168% (277)
2020-21327339.9:169% (224)
2017-183873610.8:188% (341)
2015-163743411.0:191% (340)
2010-114113711.1:188% (362)
2000-014743613.2:173% (344)
1990-915553316.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in DE LEON SPRINGS, Florida. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 358 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 41% below that mark.

VOLUSIA (87 schools, 61,765 students) runs LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

More than half of enrollment at LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic: 59%. Other groups make up 35% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Volusia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.

Classroom staffing at LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 70% of students (249) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Volusia County is 53%.

On the allk12 Grade, LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 44% of Florida public elementary schools.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +4.2 points: 50.5% actual, 46.3% predicted.

For the population of Volusia County, median household income comes to about $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Volusia County's 90 public schools enroll about 61,765 students and include LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 5.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. By average proficiency, LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 7 schools close by.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment was 358 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 327. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.9:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.

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Volusia County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
VOLUSIA
Address
5175 US HIGHWAY 17, DE LEON SPRINGS, FL 32130
Phone
(386) 943-6384
County
Volusia County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
358
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
13.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
249 (70%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
120192001971
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How many students attend LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 35% White, 59% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VOLUSIA.
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