ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in ORANGE CITY, Florida, ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school, overseen by VOLUSIA. It enrolls 594 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Volusia County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 42.7%, a residual of -5.0 points.

Across the wider county, Volusia County reports that median household income runs about $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 590 students in 2018 compared to 594 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 63% to 52%.

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