SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3155 PHONETIA DR, in DELTONA, Florida, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary school that hosts 428 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by VOLUSIA. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 604.

VOLUSIA comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 61,765 students; SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 36.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Volusia County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 21%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 428 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.