WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school in DELAND, Florida, operated by VOLUSIA. The school enrolls 532 students in grades pre-K through 5.

VOLUSIA comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 61,765 students; WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Volusia County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Volusia County put median household income runs about $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.

WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 656 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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