Summary:
Zip code 32130, covering De Leon Springs, Florida, is home to a single elementary school, Louise S. McInnis Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 with 358 students as part of the Volusia County school district.
Louise S. McInnis Elementary presents a mixed picture of strengths and challenges. The school's strongest academic area is math, where 3rd graders consistently outperform both the district and state averages—for example, 68% were proficient in 2025-2026 compared to 63% for the district and 66% for the state. However, this success is overshadowed by consistently low English Language Arts (ELA) scores, with proficiency ranging from 51% to 56% across grades 3-5, all below the state average of 60-61%. This ELA weakness is likely the main reason the school holds a stable but low 2-star state ranking, hovering around the 41st-42nd percentile over the last three years. The school also shows notable volatility in 4th grade, where math proficiency dropped sharply to 42% in 2024-2025 after a strong 69% in 3rd grade the prior year, though 5th grade math rebounded to 68% that same year.
Despite serving a high-needs population—with nearly 70% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch—the school demonstrates resilience. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% is significantly better than the district average of 34.1% and the state average of 31.4%, suggesting effective attendance strategies. Science proficiency also improved notably, jumping from 49% to 58% in 5th grade between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, closing the gap with the state average. With a student-teacher ratio of 13.7 and spending of $12,781 per student, the school's investment appears most effective in math instruction, while ELA and science remain areas needing improvement to raise its overall state ranking.
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