Cypress Creek Elementary School, Port Orange FL

Original Research by School Decision on Cypress Creek Elementary School

Cypress Creek Elementary sits on South Williamson Boulevard in Port Orange, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Volusia County district. The enrollment is on the larger side for an elementary school, spread fairly evenly across grades with the upper grades running somewhat heavier than the lower ones.

The school's academic results from the most recent Florida FAST and Statewide Science assessments are generally strong. Third grade math proficiency lands well above the two-thirds mark, and fifth grade math is close behind. Fourth grade math is the softer spot, sitting noticeably lower than the other two grades, and a parent may want to ask the school directly about what support looks like for students who struggle with that transition year. Reading and ELA tell a similar story: third and fifth grade proficiency rates are solid, while fourth grade dips relative to the grades around it. Fifth grade science is one of the brighter data points, with proficiency landing near the same level as the stronger math results. Trend data over multiple years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, stability, or a decline.

About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a moderately low-poverty range. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students each present in smaller but meaningful shares. IEP and English learner rates were not reported in the data available.

No detailed program offerings were included in the data, so specific enrichment, arts, or intervention programs cannot be described here. Because this is an elementary school, graduation rate and AP or dual-enrollment metrics do not apply.

The housing market in the zip code that includes this school shows home values above both the Florida statewide median and the national median, with values edging downward year over year. Rents have also softened slightly. At current mortgage rates, the estimated monthly carrying cost for a median-priced home here runs meaningfully above what rent would cost, which is worth factoring in for families weighing a purchase in the attendance zone. Port Orange is a suburban community in Volusia County, but the locale research returned no usable detail on walkability, civic anchors, major employers, or growth patterns, so that picture cannot be filled in from the data on hand.

District-level context for Volusia County schools was searched but no confirmed recent changes affecting parents could be retrieved, so that section has been left out rather than guessed at. The neighbor comparison set for Volusia County contains only one district, so no meaningful peer comparison across districts was possible.

For families evaluating Cypress Creek, the picture is a school with generally above-average proficiency in tested grades, a notable fourth-grade dip worth a follow-up conversation, a moderately mixed economic profile, and a housing market that prices somewhat above state norms.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 380%

School 80% · District 61% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 62% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 57% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 372%

School 72% · District 57% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 55% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 56% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Science

Grade 579%

School 79% · District 62% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above 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-income57%Higher-income80%23 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income58%Higher-income70%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income63%Higher-income80%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income89%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income73%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income67%Higher-income84%18 pp gap