SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized K-5 school in PORT ORANGE, Florida, overseen by VOLUSIA. The school instructs 726 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.

VOLUSIA runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 61,765 students. SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 69.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Volusia County put the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).

Nearest neighbor: SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 66.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 726). Black enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window.

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