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Volusia County Schools Maintains “B” Grade; No Schools Receive “D” or “F” Grades

DELAND – The Florida Department of Education released the 2022-23 School Grades and District Grades today. Volusia County Schools maintained a district grade of “B,” with 54% of schools earning an “A” or “B” rating. Volusia County Schools is thrilled to announce that no schools received a grade of “D” or “F.” 

This is the first year that school and district grades were calculated using the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) Progress Monitoring and Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) End-of-Course assessment results. The school and district performance during the 2022-23 school year will serve as a baseline for growth and comparison in future years. 

The total percentage of possible points earned for the district grade in Volusia County Schools increased by 4 percentage points from 57% of possible points earned in 2021-22 to 61% of possible points earned in 2022-23. Under the previous district grade calculation guidelines, Volusia County Schools would be one percentage point away from earning a district grade of “A.” 

“Volusia County Schools has been committed to our students’ academic and personal growth. The 2022-23 school and district grades are evidence of the hard work students, school-based staff, district-based staff and families have put in to ensure increased success year over year,” Superintendent Dr. Carmen Balgobin stated. “We are thrilled to see increases in so many areas, including all graded schools achieving an A, B or C. We look forward to continued achievement as we keep moving forward together. I am thankful to the Volusia County School Board, our Partners in Education and our municipal partners who have all made this achievement possible.” 

Overall, VCS grades for traditional schools are as follows: 

• • A – 17 schools 
• • B – 20 schools 
• • C – 29 schools 
• • D – 0 schools 
• • F – 0 schools 
• • I* – 2 schools 

Key highlights include: 

• • A total of 25 schools increased their school grade by one or more letter rankings from the 2021-22 to 2022-23 school year. 
• • The number of “A” schools more than doubled from 7 schools earning an “A” in 2021-22 to 18 schools earning an “A” in 2022-23. 
• • The number of schools earning an “A” or “B” grade this year increased from 31 to 37 schools. 
• • Coronado Beach Elementary received the highest score of all elementary schools in Central Florida and the third highest of all elementary schools in the entire state receiving 93% of possible points. 
• • Pride Elementary School improved two letter grades from a “D” to a “B.” 
• • No elementary or middle schools declined a letter grade from the 2021-22 to the 2022-23 school year, and no schools received a “D” or “F.” 

A school's grade is calculated based on components including achievement in reading, math, science, and social studies as well as acceleration and graduation rates according to guidelines provided by the Department of Education. 

*Any school grade that has been withheld by the state is designated as incomplete (I). A school grade could be withheld if less than 95 percent of the eligible students participated in testing.