The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 42% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Galaxy Middle School
Galaxy Middle School sits on Eustace Avenue in Deltona, Florida's largest city in Volusia County, serving students in grades six through eight as a regular public school within the Volusia County district. The school draws from a city that is almost entirely residential in character, built out from a mid-twentieth-century planned development of affordable, small homes marketed to working families. Deltona functions today as a commuter town, with most adults driving toward Orlando or Daytona Beach for work. There is no walkable core, no traditional downtown, and the city's own planning documents describe those as goals rather than realities. The Deltona Regional Library on Eustace Avenue, just down the road from the school's address, serves as one of the community's most concrete civic anchors. Transit exists through Votran's bus network and a connection to SunRail via the nearby DeBary station, which adds some mobility for families without a car but does not change the fundamentally car-dependent texture of daily life here.
The school population is sizable for a middle school, spread roughly evenly across the three grade levels. Hispanic students make up the largest group, followed by white and Black students, with the remainder spread across other backgrounds. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in the higher range for economic need. IEP and English learner rates were not available in the data.
On Florida's FAST assessments, the picture is mixed and worth looking at carefully by grade level. Sixth-grade reading and math both come in above half of students proficient, which is a reasonable starting point for incoming middle schoolers. Seventh grade is where the gap is sharpest, particularly in math, where proficiency drops to well below half. Eighth-grade math recovers somewhat, and eighth-grade ELA and the statewide science assessment land in a similar range, just under half proficient. The overall pattern across subjects and grades is that most students are not reaching the state's proficiency threshold, with seventh-grade math as the most pronounced soft spot. Parents whose students are working toward pre-algebra or algebra readiness may want to ask the school directly about how seventh-grade math is structured and what support is available for students who fall behind. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say from the data whether these results reflect improvement or decline.
No program information was provided, so details on electives, clubs, accelerated coursework, or student support structures are absent from what was available to summarize here. Parents should ask the school directly about those offerings.
The housing market around Galaxy Middle sits below the Florida state median for home values, though prices rose sharply in recent years before edging down slightly in the past year. Rents have ticked up modestly. Rental costs consume a meaningful share of a typical renter's income, though the local market remains more accessible than many parts of Florida. Deltona is growing, with new residential projects approved and city planners working toward commercial and mixed-use development, so the neighborhood context around the school may shift over the next several years.
The neighbor comparison set for Volusia County contains only one district, which means there is no meaningful county-level peer comparison to offer for proficiency, graduation rates, or absenteeism. Graduation rate does not apply to a middle school, and chronic absenteeism data was not available.
For a family moving to or living in Deltona, Galaxy Middle is the neighborhood public middle school in a working-class, majority-minority, car-dependent community that is actively growing. The academic proficiency data, particularly in the middle grade, is below where many families would want to see it, and that is worth a direct conversation with the school about what it looks like for a specific incoming student.
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