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Which teacher or staff member at NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,687
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001990
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
1015 10TH ST, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168 · (386) 424-2555 · Volusia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,687 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
23.8:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
644 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 451 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 423 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 403 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 409 | 24% |
Student demographics
34%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
45.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -12.0pp 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 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,687 | 38.2% | 53.2% |
| CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CRYSTAL RIVER | 1,293 | 41.3% | 44.3% |
| CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL INVERNESS | 1,465 | 43.4% | 43.9% |
| BAKER COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GLEN ST MARY | 1,318 | 33.8% | 46.4% |
| SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 1,587 | 34.5% | 67.8% |
| PACE HIGH SCHOOL PACE | 2,316 | 34.5% | 66.5% |
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 NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #268 of 555 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #394 of 549 ▼ 192 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #437 of 559 ▼ 83 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,687 | #246 of 830 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #384 of 575 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #512 of 594 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #379 of 630 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #125 of 289 | N/A |
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
1,687
-118 (-7%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,553
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 1,687 | 71 | 23.8:1 | 38% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 1,738 | 82 | 21.2:1 | 43% (751) |
| 2022-23 | 1,810 | 88.5 | 20.4:1 | 41% (745) |
| 2020-21 | 1,805 | 84 | 21.5:1 | 47% (841) |
| 2017-18 | 1,914 | 100 | 19.1:1 | 51% (968) |
| 2015-16 | 1,974 | 107 | 18.4:1 | 51% (1,008) |
| 2010-11 | 1,889 | 107 | 17.6:1 | 44% (822) |
| 2000-01 | 1,922 | 111 | 17.3:1 | 15% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 1,553 | 86 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
About NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is the name of a high-enrollment high school in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida. It has an enrollment of 1,687 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 63% bigger than that mark.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is in VOLUSIA, a district with 61,765 students across 87 schools.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is 80% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. In Volusia County overall, about 71% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
For every teacher at NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 23.8 students; the school has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 38%. Across public schools in Volusia County, the average is 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Florida public high schools.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.2% is 8.8 points below the 62.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Volusia County, home to about 579,622 people, median household income comes to about $70,044, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 90 public schools in the county, enrolling about 61,765, NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL among them.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Nearby schools average 66.9% on proficiency, and NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 53.2%.
The federal government classifies NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,805 to 1,687, a 7% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 21.5:1 in 2020-21 to 23.8:1 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
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,648 students
Other schools in NEW SMYRNA BEACH
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,036 students
- CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
- SAMSULA ACADEMYElementary · 151 students
Nearby schools
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,036
- READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 369
- CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 479
- EDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOL1.9 mi · 439
- CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 242
- INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,687 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL have?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the student diversity at NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.