West Volusia News

Volusia County School District's ninth-grade had the highest student enrollment per grade in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Overall, there were 6,183 students enrolled in district’s ninth-grade in the 2022-23 school year, making up 9.8% of the student body in the district.

The number of students in the ninth-grade grew by 4.2% compared to the year before.

Volusia County School District also had a high enrollment for the 10th-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.

Within the district, University High School had the most ninth-grade students in the 2022-23 school year.

Data showed that Volusia County School District enrolled a total of 63,365 students in the 2022-23 school year, the 14th highest enrollment in Florida.

It was also ranked 14th highest in the year before.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrolment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

Schools	Number of Students
Amikids Volusia	22
Atlantic High School	1,889
Beachside Elementary School	556
Blue Lake Elementary School	520
Burns Science and Technology Charter School	966
Campbell Middle School	855
Champion Elementary School	584
Chisholm Elementary School	491
Citrus Grove Elementary School	866
Coronado Beach Elementary School	223
Creekside Middle School	1,222
Cypress Creek Elementary School	957
David C. Hinson Senior Middle School	950
Daytona Juvenile Residential Facility	13
Debary Elementary School	915
Deland High School	2,926
Deland Middle School	1,074
Deltona High School	1,851
Deltona Lakes Elementary School	706
Deltona Middle School	1,146
Department of Corrections Educational Program	0
Discovery Elementary School	641
Edgewater Public School	504
Edith I. Starke Elementary School	297
Enterprise Elementary School	599
Ese Related Services	56
Forest Lake Elementary School	476
Freedom Elementary School	574
Friendship Elementary School	415
Galaxy Middle School	1,056
George W. Marks Elementary School	743
Halifax Behavioral Services	0
Heritage Middle School	993
Highbanks Learning Center	34
Holly Hill School	1,149
Horizon Elementary School	568
Hospital Homebound	36
Indian River Elementary School	613
Ivy Hawn Charter School of the Arts	940
Legacy Scholars Academy	41
Louise S. McInnis Elementary School	406
Mainland High School	1,855
Manatee Cove Elementary School	795
New Smyrna Beach High School	1,810
New Smyrna Beach Middle School	1,037
Orange City Elementary School	615
Ormond Beach Elementary School	318
Ormond Beach Middle School	990
Osteen Elementary School	469
PK Child Care Program	0
Pace Center for Girls	28
Palm Terrace Elementary School	592
Pathways Elementary School	724
Pierson Elementary School	490
Pine Ridge High School	1,636
Pine Trail Elementary School	688
Port Orange Elementary School	361
Pride Elementary School	937
R. J. Longstreet Elementary School	359
Read-Pattillo Elementary School	363
Richard Milburn Academy	540
River Springs Middle School	1,249
Riverview Learning Center	47
Samsula Academy	144
Seabreeze High School	1,654
Silver Sands Middle School	1,165
South Daytona Elementary School	779
Southwestern Middle School	697
Spirit Elementary School	681
Spruce Creek Elementary School	785
Spruce Creek High School	2,569
Stewart Treatment Center	23
Sugar Mill Elementary School	623
Sunrise Elementary School	759
Sweetwater Elementary School	497
T. Dewitt Taylor Middle-High School	1,136
The Chiles Academy	115
The Reading Edge Academy	309
Timbercrest Elementary School	797
Tomoka Elementary School	709
Turie T. Small Elementary School	383
University High School	2,901
Volusia Online Learning-FLVS	727
Volusia Pines Elementary School	527
Volusia Regional Juvenile Detention Center	48
Volusia Virtual Instruction Program	28
Westside Elementary School	544
Woodward Avenue Elementary School	554
Total Volusia County School District	63,365