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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002007
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
800 SOUTH ST, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32114 · (386) 239-6340 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
19.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
543 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
44%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
26.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 42.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 597 | 91.0% | 36.0% |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 538 | 89.4% | 36.4% |
| HAVANA MAGNET SCHOOL HAVANA | 558 | 84.4% | 40.5% |
| POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 467 | 85.9% | 22.1% |
| W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 463 | 86.6% | 27.6% |
| BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 611 | 82.8% | 49.8% |
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 TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,950 of 2,136 | #45 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,055 of 2,149 ▼ 302 | #47 of 48 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #2,104 of 2,149 ▼ 194 | #48 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #1,038 of 2,267 | #24 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,873 of 2,077 | #46 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #1,576 of 2,108 | #42 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #32 of 2,188 | #1 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.6% | #103 of 621 | #3 of 17 |
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
597
+170 (+40%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 597 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 91% (543) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 21 | 19.4:1 | 91% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 91% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 77% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 93% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 97% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 94% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 92% (448) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's 597 students are in pre-K through 5.
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 87 schools that make up VOLUSIA (61,765 students in total).
At TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Black students make up 73% of the student body. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% White. That is higher than the 11% Black share among all Volusia County residents. TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 19.3:1. The school has more 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 91% of enrollment. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Volusia County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.6%. TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 36.0%.
Among Volusia County residents, the median household income is $70,044, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Volusia County has 89 other public schools.
The shortest distance from TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 36.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew from 427 in 2020-21 to 597 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.3:1 to 19.3:1.
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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 DAYTONA BEACH
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,587 students
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
- DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 922 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 774 students
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMYHigh · 771 students
Nearby schools
- CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 962
- THE CHILES ACADEMY1.2 mi · 90
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,964
- RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY1.8 mi · 771
- AMIKIDS VOLUSIA2.3 mi · 22
- SOUTH DAYTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-05.
Is TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 12% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.