East Volusia News

There were 3,332 multiracial students enrolled in Volusia County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 2.5% increase from the 3,250 multiracial students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Volusia County welcomed a total of 62,736 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 88 schools in Volusia County, Mainland High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 130 students, making up 6.8% of the school's total student body.

Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of multiracial Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Deland High School	2.9%	2,869
University High School	3.3%	2,837
Spruce Creek High School	4.5%	2,568
Mainland High School	6.8%	1,925
Deltona High School	3.5%	1,787
New Smyrna Beach High School	4.4%	1,738
Seabreeze High School	4.1%	1,695
Pine Ridge High School	3.8%	1,630
Atlantic High School	6.2%	1,227
River Springs Middle School	5%	1,188
Creekside Middle School	4.3%	1,162
Deltona Middle School	4.1%	1,154
Silver Sands Middle School	7.3%	1,099
T. Dewitt Taylor Middle-High School	1.4%	1,077
Burns Science and Technology Charter School	5.4%	1,074
Deland Middle School	4%	1,063
Holly Hill School	7.7%	1,054
Galaxy Middle School	4.4%	1,008
Heritage Middle School	4.5%	1,007
New Smyrna Beach Middle School	6.3%	969
Ivy Hawn Charter School of the Arts	4.2%	946
Debary Elementary School	3.6%	921
David C. Hinson Senior Middle School	8%	902
Richard Milburn Academy	5.1%	882
Ormond Beach Middle School	7.3%	876
Campbell Middle School	6.8%	842
Citrus Grove Elementary School	7.2%	825
Manatee Cove Elementary School	6.3%	810
Timbercrest Elementary School	6.1%	804
Cypress Creek Elementary School	5.4%	797
South Daytona Elementary School	10.7%	787
George W. Marks Elementary School	3.6%	787
Spruce Creek Elementary School	5.3%	771
Horizon Elementary School	8.9%	749
Freedom Elementary School	5.2%	748
Spirit Elementary School	6.4%	733
Pathways Elementary School	10.5%	721
Deltona Lakes Elementary School	4.9%	718
Pine Trail Elementary School	6%	711
Beachside Elementary School	7.6%	711
Southwestern Middle School	4.7%	704
Westside Elementary School	8.4%	702
Sweetwater Elementary School	6.2%	662
Palm Terrace Elementary School	8.1%	641
Discovery Elementary School	5%	640
Indian River Elementary School	9.7%	619
Pride Elementary School	5.8%	618
Tomoka Elementary School	9.9%	609
Orange City Elementary School	5%	601
Enterprise Elementary School	3.9%	594
Sugar Mill Elementary School	7.8%	576
Blue Lake Elementary School	5.7%	525
Volusia Pines Elementary School	5%	499
Osteen Elementary School	4.1%	489
Volusia Online Learning-FLVS	4.3%	489
Chisholm Elementary School	7%	488
Champion Elementary School	7.4%	488
Woodward Avenue Elementary School	3.6%	469
Forest Lake Elementary School	3.7%	457
Edgewater Public School	6.1%	456
Sunrise Elementary School	5.4%	445
Friendship Elementary School	3.3%	422
Turie T. Small Elementary School	9.1%	407
Louise S. McInnis Elementary School	2.6%	390
Port Orange Elementary School	11.1%	380
R. J. Longstreet Elementary School	8.5%	364
Read-Pattillo Elementary School	6.8%	355
Ormond Beach Elementary School	8.9%	348
The Reading Edge Academy	5.4%	295
Edith I. Starke Elementary School	3.9%	282
Coronado Beach Elementary School	5.4%	242