VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the compact elementary campuss in LAKE HELEN, Florida, part of VOLUSIA, with 477 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

Across the 87 schools in VOLUSIA (61,765 students total), VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Around the school, Volusia County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is IVY HAWN CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 18%, going from 580 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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