Indian River Elementary School, Edgewater FL

Original Research by School Decision on Indian River Elementary School

Indian River Elementary is a public prekindergarten through fifth grade school in Edgewater, Florida, part of Volusia County Schools. It serves a mid-sized elementary enrollment spread fairly evenly across grades, with kindergarten being the largest single cohort. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this in the range of schools serving a working-class to lower-middle-income population. The student body is predominantly white, with multiracial students making up the next largest group and smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and other students. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs were not available in this profile.

On Florida's FAST assessments, the school's results in reading and math across tested grades land in a mixed range. Third grade proficiency in both ELA and math comes in at roughly two-thirds of students meeting the bar, which is a reasonable starting point. Fourth grade math is the school's clearest strength, with three-quarters of students scoring proficient, standing notably above the other tested results. Fifth grade is where the picture softens, with both ELA and math proficiency closer to just above half of students. The fifth grade science score, from Florida's Statewide Science Assessment, falls in between, with roughly six in ten students reaching proficiency. Trend data were not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results reflect improvement, stability, or decline. A parent may want to ask the school directly about what supports are in place for students, particularly as they move into upper elementary grades where the numbers are softer.

The school offers a handful of extracurricular options publicly reported on its site, including Student Council, a Technology Club, a Garden Club, and a Yoga Club. These give students some structured choices beyond classroom time, though the list is modest in scope as would be typical for a school at this grade level.

The comparison framework for this profile could not yield a meaningful relative positioning, because Volusia County has only one district and the proficiency comparison set was too small to use. That means there is no neighboring-district benchmark available here.

Housing near the school, in the Edgewater zip code area, sits somewhat below the Florida statewide median home value and is also below the national median, suggesting a more accessible price point than many parts of the state. Home values in the area have dipped modestly year over year. Rental affordability data were not available for this specific area. For families weighing whether to buy near this school, the local market appears relatively affordable in a Florida context, though current mortgage rates remain elevated and buyers should factor that into any calculation.

Local detail about Edgewater itself, including its character, employers, walkability, and development activity, could not be sourced during research for this profile, so those questions are best answered through direct local exploration.

The district brief for Volusia yielded no confirmed recent changes relevant to parents, so district-level strategic context was left out of this account rather than speculated on.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 61% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 62% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 57% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 57% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 55% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 62% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolVOLUSIA, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income58%Higher-income76%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income55%Higher-income78%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income57%Higher-income54%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income57%Higher-income74%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income69%Higher-income84%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income56%Higher-income57%1 pp gap