PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in ORMOND BEACH, Florida, PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under VOLUSIA. It serves 667 students across grades pre-K through 5.

PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 87 schools operated by VOLUSIA, a district that educates 61,765 students overall.

Demographically, PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Volusia County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Volusia County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Volusia County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,044, 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 PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 7 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), PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.0%.

PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 802 (now 667). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 11%.

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