Volusia Online Learning-flvs (franchise), Deltona FL

Original Research by School Decision on Volusia Online Learning-flvs (franchise)

Volusia Online Learning-FLVS (Franchise) is a fully online public school operated by the Volusia County School District, serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is neither a charter nor a magnet school; it is a district-run franchise of Florida Virtual School, meaning students are enrolled through Volusia County but take their coursework entirely online. The school is administratively located in Deltona, though students can live anywhere in the county.

The enrollment is small relative to a traditional K-12 campus. The grade distribution tells its own story: the youngest grades enroll very few students each, while middle school grades and the high school years carry the majority of the enrollment. That pattern is common in virtual school settings, where families of younger children less often choose full-time online learning, and older students may elect it for scheduling flexibility, health needs, or pace. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school's economic need below what you find in many traditional Volusia County campuses. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available in what was reported to the federal government, so those populations cannot be characterized here. The school's student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic and Black students each representing meaningful shares of enrollment.

State assessment results were reported for grades three through eight on Florida's FAST assessments. In ELA, the school posts genuinely strong numbers at the elementary level, with fourth and fifth grade proficiency rates well above what most Florida schools achieve. ELA performance softens in the middle grades, though it remains solid. Math follows a different arc: elementary grades show decent proficiency, but the transition into middle school sees rates drop, with sixth grade being the weakest point before a modest recovery in seventh and eighth. Fifth-grade science is a clear strength, with a high proficiency rate that stands out. Eighth-grade science is more moderate. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, stability, or decline. A parent with a middle-grades student, particularly in math, may want to ask the school directly about how it supports students who fall behind in a fully asynchronous or self-paced environment.

Graduation rate data was not reported for this school in the available data, which is a gap worth noting for families of high school students. The school does offer dual enrollment and two career and technical education pathways, publicly reported as cybersecurity and information technology, which are meaningful options for high schoolers thinking about post-secondary or workforce entry.

Because the school is fully online, the Deltona address carries less weight for families than it would at a brick-and-mortar campus. That said, families who live in Deltona and Volusia County do inhabit a specific housing and economic context. Publicly reported sources describe Deltona as a heavily residential commuter city, the largest in Volusia County, built originally as an affordable planned community and now one of the faster-growing areas in Central Florida. Home values in the immediate area sit below both the Florida state median and the national median, and they have dipped modestly in the past year. Rents have edged up. The city is car-dependent with no established downtown, though the county's Votran bus system and access to SunRail at the nearby DeBary station provide some transit options for families without flexibility in their commutes. The city is actively planning mixed-use commercial development, but that is aspirational rather than present.

For the district itself, a search for recently confirmed parent-relevant changes turned up nothing before the research budget was exhausted, so district-level strategic priorities or policy shifts were left out rather than guessed at.

This school fits a family that has made a deliberate choice toward online learning and wants a district-affiliated, publicly accountable program rather than a fully independent virtual provider. The academic results are genuinely competitive in ELA and science at the elementary level. Math in the middle grades is the area to probe further.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 61% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 62% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 57% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 50% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 34% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 56% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 57% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 493%

School 93% · District 55% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 56% · ▲ 23 pts above district

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

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 53% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 51% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 52% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 62% · ▲ 21 pts above district

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

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 56% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 3 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 6Lower-income55%Higher-income72%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income64%Higher-income82%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income69%Higher-income59%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income61%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income47%Higher-income65%19 pp gap