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What's something MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,964
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001986
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL
1255 W INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY BLVD, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32114 · (386) 258-4665 · Volusia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,964 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Florida public high schools
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
1,278 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 561 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 527 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 469 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 407 | 21% |
Student demographics
67%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
43.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 47.0% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,964 | 65.1% | 49.7% |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 1,634 | 58.3% | 40.1% |
| ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,844 | 60.8% | 58.6% |
| COCOA HIGH SCHOOL COCOA | 1,432 | 64.4% | 29.1% |
| RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 1,394 | 57.7% | 34.0% |
| WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 2,648 | 60.2% | 45.8% |
Matched among Florida high 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 MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #321 of 555 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #274 of 549 ▼ 102 | #4 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #471 of 559 ▼ 5 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,964 | #174 of 830 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #377 of 575 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #100 of 594 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #65 of 630 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #233 of 246 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,964
+391 (+25%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 2,061
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 1,964 | 83 | 23.7:1 | 65% (1,278) |
| 2023-24 | 1,925 | 92 | 20.9:1 | 70% (1,353) |
| 2022-23 | 1,855 | 91 | 20.4:1 | 64% (1,189) |
| 2020-21 | 1,573 | 85 | 18.5:1 | 66% (1,044) |
| 2017-18 | 1,941 | 118 | 16.4:1 | 68% (1,319) |
| 2015-16 | 1,977 | 118 | 16.8:1 | 68% (1,348) |
| 2010-11 | 1,693 | 107 | 15.8:1 | 59% (1,004) |
| 2000-01 | 2,101 | 126 | 16.7:1 | 22% (455) |
| 1990-91 | 2,061 | 121 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
About MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, under VOLUSIA. Federal data show 1,964 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
The district for MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL is VOLUSIA, with 87 schools and 61,765 students.
At MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 45%. Smaller groups are 31% White, 16% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of Volusia County residents are Black. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 83 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 23.7:1. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. Across public schools in Volusia County, the average is 53%.
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of Florida public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL is 1.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.7% actual, 48.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
The county, Volusia County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $70,044 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Volusia County has 90 public schools with about 61,765 students, including MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment increased 25% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 18.5 in 2020-21 to 23.7 in 2024-25.
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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
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
- PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,648 students
Other schools in DAYTONA BEACH
- SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,587 students
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
- DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 922 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 774 students
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMYHigh · 771 students
- PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
Nearby schools
- TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 597
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 962
- THE CHILES ACADEMY1.3 mi · 90
- AMIKIDS VOLUSIA1.3 mi · 22
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY1.4 mi · 771
- PALM TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,964 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL have?
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1.
What is the student diversity at MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 31% White, 16% Hispanic, 45% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.