MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized primary school in ORANGE CITY, Florida, one of the schools within VOLUSIA, caters to 787 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

VOLUSIA comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 61,765 students; MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.8%, the actual is 50.4%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Volusia County put the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).

Nearest neighbor: RIVER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 8%, going from 730 students in 2018 to 787 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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