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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002796
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2401 EUSTACE AVE, DELTONA, FL 32725 · (386) 789-7262 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
386 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 64.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 730 | 52.9% | 63.1% |
| BIG CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 796 | 53.8% | 66.4% |
| IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE PALMETTO | 853 | 55.1% | 51.8% |
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DADE CITY | 684 | 51.8% | 46.3% |
| RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALVA | 913 | 50.2% | 46.6% |
| GEORGE W. MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 780 | 57.2% | 55.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #725 of 2,136 | #15 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #709 of 2,149 ▲ 59 | #13 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #826 of 2,149 ▼ 154 | #16 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #626 of 2,267 | #11 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #925 of 2,077 | #32 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #538 of 2,108 | #11 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #1,179 of 2,188 | #32 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #886 of 1,374 | #16 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
730
+33 (+5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,080
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 730 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 53% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 61% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 797 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 53% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 53% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 72% (592) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 70% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | 65 | 13.4:1 | 63% (549) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 55 | 18.4:1 | 36% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 1,080 | 51 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in DELTONA, Florida, under VOLUSIA. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 730 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 21% bigger than that mark.
District-wide, VOLUSIA has 87 schools and 61,765 students.
At TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 42%. Enrollment also includes 40% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Volusia County, the White share is about 71%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 47 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. At TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County.
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary schools.
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 63.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.7%.
In Volusia County, home to about 579,622 people, median household income comes to about $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 90 public schools in the county, enrolling about 61,765, TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.4:1 to 15.5:1 over the same years.
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Volusia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,622
Census ACS
Median income
$70,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
61,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VOLUSIA
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Other schools in DELTONA
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,648 students
- DELTONA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,132 students
- GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 939 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 932 students
- DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 731 students
Nearby schools
- GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 939
- DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 731
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,716
- SPIRIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 691
- FRIENDSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 429
- VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 730 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 42% White, 40% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
TIMBERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.