Enrollment
151
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192008041
SAMSULA ACADEMY
248 N SAMSULA DR, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168 · (386) 423-6650 · Volusia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
21.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
10 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
17%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
54.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -19.1pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 63.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 78% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SAMSULA ACADEMY
SAMSULA ACADEMY's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMSULA ACADEMY this school | 151 | 6.6% | 58.9% |
| THE SANIBEL SCHOOL SANIBEL | 225 | 14.7% | 87.7% |
| MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY LAKELAND | 182 | 7.1% | 81.8% |
| HEALTHY LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 107 | 10.3% | 67.3% |
| LAKELAND MONTESSORI SCHOOL HOUSE LAKELAND | 129 | 5.4% | 79.7% |
| GEMINI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE BEACH | 410 | 13.4% | 82.0% |
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 SAMSULA ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #923 of 2,136 | #20 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,604 of 2,149 ▼ 778 | #40 of 48 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #1,072 of 2,149 ▼ 807 | #26 of 48 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 151 | #2,157 of 2,267 | #48 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #2,150 of 2,188 | #48 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #131 of 1,374 | #3 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
151
-25 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 151 | 7 | 21.6:1 | 7% (10) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 8 | 20.9:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 144 | 11 | 13.1:1 | 3% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 176 | 14 | 12.6:1 | 2% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | N/A | N/A | 3% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 12 | 19.4:1 | 4% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAMSULA ACADEMY.
About SAMSULA ACADEMY
SAMSULA ACADEMY is a very small elementary school in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, under VOLUSIA. It reports enrollment of 151 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 75% below that mark.
SAMSULA ACADEMY is one school in VOLUSIA, a system of 87 schools with 61,765 students.
At SAMSULA ACADEMY, 91% of students are White. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census figures show Volusia County is about 71% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Based on 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, SAMSULA ACADEMY has a ratio of 21.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 7% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Volusia County is 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, SAMSULA ACADEMY lands at C, ahead of 33% of Florida public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 58.9%, is 19.0 points below the 77.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Volusia County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,044 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. SAMSULA ACADEMY shares Volusia County with 89 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 3.1 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SAMSULA ACADEMY ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe. SAMSULA ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 151, down from 176 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 21.6 students per teacher, compared with 12.6 in 2020-21.
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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 NEW SMYRNA BEACH
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,120
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 761
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL6.3 mi · 2,576
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 726
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 618
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About SAMSULA ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at SAMSULA ACADEMY?
SAMSULA ACADEMY enrolls approximately 151 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SAMSULA ACADEMY serve?
SAMSULA ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SAMSULA ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SAMSULA ACADEMY is approximately 21.6:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAMSULA ACADEMY?
At SAMSULA ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is SAMSULA ACADEMY public or private?
SAMSULA ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by VOLUSIA.
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