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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001992
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
555 E UNIVERSITY AVE, ORANGE CITY, FL 32763 · (386) 575-4215 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
397 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
63%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
42.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.5pp 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 50 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 37.9% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 594 | 66.8% | 42.7% |
| SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHALIMAR | 557 | 68.8% | 53.3% |
| RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 592 | 66.0% | 59.2% |
| GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 625 | 69.0% | 44.4% |
| COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 526 | 65.8% | 40.5% |
| BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 681 | 67.4% | 43.7% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,696 of 2,136 | #42 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,540 of 2,149 ▲ 351 | #39 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,665 of 2,149 ▲ 60 | #44 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #1,050 of 2,267 | #25 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #380 of 2,077 | #10 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #698 of 2,108 | #18 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #591 of 2,188 | #12 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #595 of 621 | #16 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
594
+114 (+24%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 594 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 67% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 74% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 68% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 65% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 80% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 50 | 11.6:1 | 84% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 71% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 59% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 858 | 41 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In ORANGE CITY, Florida, part of Volusia County, ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 594 students covers pre-K through 5.
VOLUSIA counts 61,765 students in its 87 schools, and ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 52% White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Volusia County residents are about 71% White. The chance that two students picked at random at ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Federal data list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers at ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The lunch program counts 67% of students at ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Volusia County report 53%.
allk12 grades ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 47.7% for a school in Florida with ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 42.7%.
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Volusia County, where median household income is about $70,044, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County, which together enroll about 61,765 students.
Nearby, MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.4 miles away. ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 42.7% compares with 53.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students climbed from 480 to 594 over 4 years. Students per teacher rose from 12.0 in 2020-21 to 14.1 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
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Other schools in ORANGE CITY
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- RIVER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,218 students
- MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 787 students
Nearby schools
- MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 787
- RIVER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,218
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,855
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,716
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 786
- DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,059
Frequently asked questions
About ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY 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.