📍 1300 Herbert St, Port Orange, Volusia County, 32129
Silver Sands Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Port Orange, Volusia County. The school has 1,165 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Volusia school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths.
Silver Sands Middle School enrolls 1,165 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 63 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 16% Black or African American and 9.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 745 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 192 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 9.8% |
| Two or more races | 71 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 40 | 3.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
634 of the school's 1,165 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 619 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Silver Sands Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-70, state senate district 14, state house district 25.
Silver Sands Middle School is one of 90 schools in VOLUSIA, based in DELAND, Florida. The district serves 61,724 students district-wide and employs 3,637 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,165 students, Silver Sands Middle School is larger than the district average of about 686 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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