THE READING EDGE ACADEMY

THE READING EDGE ACADEMY operates as an intimate elementary-level community in DEBARY, Florida, operated by VOLUSIA. Current enrollment sits at 328 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 604.

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

In terms of who attends, THE READING EDGE ACADEMY lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% White, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, THE READING EDGE ACADEMY has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 41.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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, THE READING EDGE ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 76.8%; THE READING EDGE ACADEMY posts 48.8%, -27.9 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Volusia County reports that 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%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which THE READING EDGE ACADEMY is one.

VOLUSIA ONLINE LEARNING-FLVS (FRANCHISE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THE READING EDGE ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. As a public charter, THE READING EDGE ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. THE READING EDGE ACADEMY's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 328). Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 50% across the same window.

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