NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of sprawling scale in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, part of VOLUSIA, caters to 1,687 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.

Within VOLUSIA, which oversees 87 schools and 61,765 students, NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Volusia County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.0%, the actual is 53.2%, a residual of -8.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Volusia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 1,914 students in 2018 compared to 1,687 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.