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What's something TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001962
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
999 OLD TOMOKA RD, ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 · (386) 676-1200 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
298 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 | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
51%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
62.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
68.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 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 are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.3% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 67.5% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 652 | 45.7% | 67.5% |
| JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JENSEN BEACH | 611 | 45.2% | 73.2% |
| WEST NAVARRE PRIMARY SCHOOL NAVARRE | 666 | 45.2% | N/A |
| TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 677 | 45.3% | 44.1% |
| YULEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YULEE | 589 | 44.0% | 69.0% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE NAVARRE | 698 | 46.8% | 67.8% |
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 TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #549 of 2,136 | #11 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #723 of 2,149 ▼ 91 | #15 of 48 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #731 of 2,149 ▼ 245 | #13 of 48 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #867 of 2,267 | #18 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #448 of 2,077 | #14 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #1,341 of 2,108 | #34 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #1,426 of 2,188 | #39 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #978 of 1,374 | #20 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
652
+68 (+12%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 652 | 45.4 | 14.4:1 | 46% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 43 | 14.2:1 | 51% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 50% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 47% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 49% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 58 | 12.7:1 | 53% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 40% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 975 | 57 | 17.1:1 | 27% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 810 | 43 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by VOLUSIA in ORMOND BEACH, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 652 students.
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in VOLUSIA. The district has 87 schools and 61,765 students.
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 68% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 71% White, within a few points of the school. TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 14.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 46% of enrollment.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.5%.
Within Volusia County, the median household income is $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Volusia County has 89 other public schools.
The closest public school to TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment has grown by 68 students since 2020-21, to 652. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.7 to 14.4 over 4 years.
Discussions about TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 ORMOND BEACH
- ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 737 students
- PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- RIVERVIEW LEARNING CENTERCombined · 47 students
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSHigh · 30 students
Nearby schools
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 737
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.9 mi · 30
- ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 363
- DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 922
- ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,007
- PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 652 students in grades PK-05.
Is TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.