📍 5800 Victoria Gardens Blvd, Port Orange, Volusia County, 32127
Sweetwater Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Port Orange, Volusia County. The school has 694 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Volusia school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 79% of students are proficient in reading. 80% are proficient in maths.
Sweetwater Elementary School enrolls 694 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 546 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 7.6% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 16 | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 694 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 257 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sweetwater Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-70, state senate district 14, state house district 25.
Sweetwater Elementary 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 694 students, Sweetwater Elementary School is close to 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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