South Atlantic and the South Peninsula, Daytona Beach: homes, schools

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the City of Daytona Beach 2045 Comprehensive Plan (PDF), its planning map layers, redevelopment plans and beachside parks pages, Volusia County Schools attendance maps, Zillow Research, Votran and OpenStreetMap.

South of International Speedway Boulevard the Daytona Beach peninsula has two faces: hotels and condominiums on the oceanfront along Atlantic Avenue, and streets of single-family homes along Peninsula Drive and the Halifax River. The city’s plan treats the whole stretch, down to the Daytona Beach Shores line, as one planning neighborhood.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Mainland High for 84% of addresses, Atlantic High for 16%. Check the exact address.
• Home value: $292,720 in ZIP 32118 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-95 exit: 260C, U.S. 92 (International Speedway Boulevard), about 6.8 miles by road.

Part of our Daytona Beach neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

This page follows Neighborhood C on the city’s planning map layers: the peninsula from International Speedway Boulevard south to the city line, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Halifax River. Atlantic Avenue (State Road A1A), Peninsula Drive, Halifax Avenue and Silver Beach Avenue are the main streets. Its north end is the city’s South Atlantic Redevelopment Area, one of five, with its own redevelopment plan.

The same map layers show a National Register historic district here, the South Peninsula Historic District, which the city’s layer labels South Atlantic.

The comprehensive plan sets clear rules for the area:

• Hotels and restaurants are allowed as principal uses along the oceanfront.
• The South Peninsula area “shall be maintained primarily as a single-family residential neighborhood. Multi-family rezonings shall not be allowed.”
• Riverfront property cannot be rezoned for non-residential use, and riverfront buildings are limited to three stories.
• Silver Beach Avenue is kept as an office transitional district with professional offices and apartments, with no new retail zoning.
• “The City will not allow any new bridges to be located in Neighborhood C.”

All 1,913 address points inside the area in Volusia County’s address data are in ZIP code 32118 and inside city limits, so the city provides police, fire and trash service.

Schools

Shares are of the address points in the area that fall in each zone on the district’s attendance boundary map layers, checked Oct. 8, 2026. Grades are the Florida Department of Education’s 2025-26 school grades as reported by Volusia County Schools; look up each school’s state report card.

R.J. Longstreet Elementary is inside the area, at 2745 S. Peninsula Drive. The high and middle school lines run through the south end, so check an exact address on the district’s school zone information page. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 32118 was $292,720 in August 2026, essentially unchanged from $292,550 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and it blends oceanfront condominiums with the single-family streets by the river across the whole beachside ZIP code. The citywide figure was $252,622, down 2.3%. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

• Lenox Park, 825 S. Grandview Ave.: a playground, a basketball court and dog parks for small and large dogs, according to the city’s parks page.
• Sunsplash Park, on South Atlantic Avenue at the north end, named in the comprehensive plan and mapped in OpenStreetMap.
• Bethune Point Park, 11 Bellevue Ave., is across the river on the mainland.

Beach access is along the whole oceanfront. More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• I-95: Exit 260C, U.S. 92 (International Speedway Boulevard), about 6.8 miles by road.
• Downtown: about 1.9 miles from the middle of the area to City Hall by road.
• Airport: about 6.8 miles to Daytona Beach International Airport and 70 miles to Orlando International Airport. Distances are measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine; they are not drive times.
• Votran: routes 17 (Dunlawton) and 17S (Sunday South Atlantic) run along the area, according to Votran’s live bus tracker data.

Exit numbers follow the I-95 junction data in OpenStreetMap. More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap: Winn-Dixie, 2200 S. Atlantic Ave., at the south end of the area.

How we drew this area

The edges are Neighborhood C on the city’s planning map service, which takes in the South Atlantic Redevelopment Area. School shares come from every Volusia County address point inside it, matched to the district’s attendance boundary layers on Oct. 8, 2026. Store and park locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What high school serves the south beachside of Daytona Beach?

On the Volusia County Schools attendance map, 84% of addresses in this part of the beachside are zoned for Mainland High and 16% for Atlantic High in Port Orange. Both earned an A for 2025-26.

What elementary school is on the south beachside of Daytona Beach?

R.J. Longstreet Elementary, 2745 S. Peninsula Drive. Every address in the area is zoned for it, and it improved from a B to an A for 2025-26, the district said.

What ZIP code is the south beachside of Daytona Beach?

32118. Zillow put the typical home value in 32118 at $292,720 in August 2026, essentially unchanged from a year earlier.

Can new bridges be built on the south beachside of Daytona Beach?

No. The city’s comprehensive plan says the city will not allow any new bridges in this planning neighborhood, to protect its established single-family streets.