SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, a sizable four-year high school in PORT ORANGE, Florida, one of the schools within VOLUSIA, caters to 2,576 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL sits 149% bigger than that benchmark.

SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is one of 87 schools operated by VOLUSIA, a district that serves 61,765 students overall.

On demographics, SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Volusia County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 63.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Volusia County put median household earnings sit near $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Volusia County's 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 2,614 students in 2018 compared to 2,576 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

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