SAMSULA ACADEMY

SAMSULA ACADEMY is an elementary school of minimally staffed scale in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, overseen by VOLUSIA, serveing 151 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SAMSULA ACADEMY sits 75% leaner than that benchmark.

Within VOLUSIA, which oversees 87 schools and 61,765 students, SAMSULA ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SAMSULA ACADEMY reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Volusia County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SAMSULA ACADEMY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 77.9%; actual is 58.9%, a gap of -19.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Volusia County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SAMSULA ACADEMY is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).

Nearest neighbor: CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 3.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SAMSULA ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAMSULA ACADEMY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.5%.

The school occupies a rural site. SAMSULA ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAMSULA ACADEMY has shrank 33%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 151 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 96% to 91% over that span.

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