Spruce Creek Elementary School in Florida - U.S. News Education

Spruce Creek Elementary School

642 Taylor Rd, Port Orange, FL 32127|(386) 322-7500|Website|Award Winning

Overall Score 84.11/100

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Type

Public

Grades

PK-5

Total Enrollment

775

Overview of Spruce Creek Elementary School

Spruce Creek Elementary School is a public school located in Port Orange, FL, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Spruce Creek Elementary School is 775 and the school serves PK-5. At Spruce Creek Elementary School, 67% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 64% scored at or above that level for reading.The school’s minority student enrollment is 29%. The student-teacher ratio is 14:1, which is better than that of the district.The student population is made up of 46% female students and 54% male students. The school enrolls 60% economically disadvantaged students. There are 55 equivalent full-time teachers and 1 full-time school counselor.

At a Glance

Student/Teacher Ratio
14:1
Math Proficiency
67%
Reading Proficiency
64%

Spruce Creek Elementary School 2024 Rankings

Spruce Creek Elementary School is ranked #344 in Florida Elementary Schools. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their students for high school. Read more about how we rank the Best Elementary Schools.

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Ranking Factors

How Spruce Creek Elementary School placed statewide out of 2160 schools ranked in Florida.

Reading Proficiency Rank

#589 (tie)

Math Proficiency Rank

#436 (tie)

Reading Performance

Well Above Expectations

Math Performance

Well Above Expectations

Students/Teachers at Spruce Creek Elementary School

These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by state education agencies to the federal government

School information is provided by the government.

Enrollment by Grade

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

Enrollment by Gender

Female46%
Male54%

Student Diversity

28.8%

Minority Enrollment

28.8%

Minority Enrollment

71.2%

White

12.3%

Hispanic/Latino

7.4%

Black or African American

4.9%

Two or more races

3.6%

Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander

0.4%

American Indian or Alaska Native

0.3%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander


60%

economically disadvantaged students at Spruce Creek Elementary School

Full-time teachers

55

Percentage of full-time teachers who are certified

100%

Student-teacher ratio

14:1

Percentage of teachers with 3 or more years experience

92.2%

Number of full-time school counselors

1

Test Scores at Spruce Creek Elementary School

At Spruce Creek Elementary School, 67% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 64% scored at or above that level for reading.Compared with the district, the school did better in math and better in reading, according to this metric. In Volusia County Schools, 50% of students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 48% tested at or above that level for math.Spruce Creek Elementary School did better in math and better in reading in this metric compared with students across the state. In Florida, 49% of students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 48% tested at or above that level for math.

School information is provided by the government.

Subject Proficiency

67%

48%

48%

64%

50%

49%

Math

Reading

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District
State

School Data

School profile information is based on government data.

School information is provided by the government.

Setting

Large Suburb

Charter School

No

Magnet School

No

District

This information relates to schools run by this school's state operating agency. Many districts contain only one school.

School information is provided by the government.

Total Schools (all grades)

90

Total Ranked Elementary Schools

48

Total Ranked Middle Schools

17

Total Students (all grades)

62,666

Elementary Schoolers Proficient in Reading (district average)

53%

Elementary Schoolers Proficient in Math (district average)

52%

All District Schools

School Map

Spruce Creek Elementary School

642 Taylor Rd, Port Orange, FL 32127

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Spruce Creek Elementary School's high ranking earned it eligibility to display a U.S. News Best Elementary Schools award badge. Badge eligibility recognizes educational excellence, as described here. Officials at badge-eligible schools can learn how to promote their awards here.

Insufficient student data was reported by six states (California, D.C., Delaware, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington). As such, the rankings for these states were held at their previous positions. They are therefore based on assessment data from 2018-2019 and include schools that were active as of 2019-2020. Updated directory information from 2021-2022 was provided for schools when available.

Data is based on the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.