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Alumni: what's one memory from PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192003275
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2100 AIRPORT RD, ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 · (386) 676-5360 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
285 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
52%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
65.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 66.5% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 667 | 42.7% | 66.0% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 695 | 43.9% | 71.0% |
| TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORMOND BEACH | 652 | 45.7% | 67.5% |
| W. DOUGLAS HARTLEY ELEMENTARY ST AUGUSTINE | 596 | 42.8% | 70.8% |
| BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY PANAMA CITY | 766 | 40.2% | 65.9% |
| YULEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YULEE | 589 | 44.0% | 69.0% |
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 PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #602 of 2,136 | #13 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #941 of 2,149 ▼ 260 | #20 of 48 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #626 of 2,149 ▼ 159 | #9 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #819 of 2,267 | #16 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #391 of 2,077 | #11 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #1,291 of 2,108 | #32 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #1,503 of 2,188 | #40 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #624 of 1,374 | #13 of 30 |
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
667
+84 (+14%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 667 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 43% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 44% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 42% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 53 | 11.0:1 | 42% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 49% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 57 | 12.7:1 | 44% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 40% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 27% (164) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in ORMOND BEACH, Florida. The school reports 667 students in pre-K through 5.
VOLUSIA is made up of 87 schools with 61,765 students in all.
White students account for 67% of enrollment at PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, Volusia County is about 71% White. By the diversity index, PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 52%.
Its teaching staff equals 47 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.2:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Around 43% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 53% average for public schools in Volusia County is 10 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (66.0%) and its predicted rate (59.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
PATHWAYS 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. PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County, which together enroll about 61,765 students.
The nearest other public school, PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 583 to 667. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.2:1, from 11.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 ORMOND BEACH
- ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 737 students
- TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 652 students
- ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- RIVERVIEW LEARNING CENTERCombined · 47 students
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSHigh · 30 students
Other Pathways Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pathways Elementary. PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Pathways ElementaryHillsborough, NC · 371 students
Nearby schools
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 737
- TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 652
- DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 922
- CHAMPION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 533
- ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 1,007
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS4.6 mi · 30
Frequently asked questions
About PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 667 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.