David C. Hinson Sr. Middle, 1860 N. Clyde Morris Blvd.: grades 6-8, 922 students (2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 386-258-4682.

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: Volusia County Schools and its attendance boundary information, the school’s website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

David C. Hinson Sr. Middle School is the Volusia County Schools middle school on North Clyde Morris Boulevard, on the north mainland and inside the city limits. About 30% of the address points inside Daytona Beach are zoned for Hinson, including nearly all of the LPGA Boulevard area west of I-95.

Who to call

  • Front office: 386-258-4682, 1860 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32117
  • School website: hinson.vcsedu.org
  • Zones and planning: Volusia County Schools Planning and Business Services, 386-947-8786, ext. 50709
  • Enrolling: the district’s new student registration page, or the district main line, 386-734-7190
  • Buses: Student Transportation Services, 386-258-4677
Address 1860 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32117
Phone 386-258-4682
Grades 6 to 8
Run by Volusia County Schools
Principal William Dunnigan
2026 state grade A (64% of points)

Principal. William Dunnigan is the principal, according to the school’s faculty and staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 922 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 50 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 students per teacher.
  • State figure: the state’s report card shows current enrollment by grade and student group. It is an interactive dashboard and could not be read for this page.

State report card

Florida gave Hinson Middle an A in its 2026 school grades, up from a B in 2025 and 2024. The school earned 64% of the points possible, the minimum for an A at a middle school, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade A (64% of points)
English language arts achievement 59%
English language arts learning gains 58%
Math achievement 63%
Math learning gains 64%
Science achievement 57%
Social studies achievement 70%
Middle school acceleration 90%

Achievement is the share of tested students who scored on grade level on the state’s tests. Florida grades every public school A to F from those results, students’ learning gains and, for middle schools, a middle school acceleration measure, the columns of the state’s file show. For a middle school, A is 64% of possible points or more, B is 57% to 63%, C is 44% to 56% and D is 34% to 43%, the file says.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Zones do not follow city limits. Check any address with the district’s Find My School tool or its interactive boundary map, or open the printable Hinson Middle zone map (PDF).

Of the 32,599 address points Volusia County lists inside Daytona Beach, 9,765 are in Hinson Middle’s zone on the district’s boundary map data, last updated June 30, 2026, and every one of them is also zoned for Mainland High. Of those, 8,931 are zoned for Champion Elementary and 820 for Westside Elementary.

We did not find a feeder list on the district’s website. On its zone map data:

  • Elementary zones inside Hinson’s, as the share of each zone’s address points: Champion (all of it), Tomoka (about 86%), Pathways (about 80%) and Westside (about 52%)
  • High school zones: about 88% of Hinson’s address points are zoned for Mainland High and 12% for Seabreeze High; the Seabreeze part is outside Daytona Beach

Rezoning. “There are currently no proposed attendance boundary changes before the Board,” the district’s attendance boundary page said on Oct. 9.

Calendar and bell times

From the Volusia County Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Monday, Oct. 12: student holiday
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday; classes resume Monday, Nov. 30
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4, 2027: winter holiday; classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5

Bell times. The school’s bell schedule runs seven periods from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., with lunch times that vary by grade. On early release days middle schools dismiss at 3:15 p.m., according to the district’s school hours page; most Wednesdays are early release days. The full calendar is in our Daytona Beach schools guide.

Programs and activities

The school’s academics pages list band, theater, yearbook, culinary arts, criminal justice, technology and STEM, and computer applications and digital information technology. Its activities pages list FBLA, the National Junior Honor Society, FCA, student government and an eighth grade trip to Washington, D.C. Its sports pages list cross country, basketball, volleyball and a pep squad.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does David C. Hinson Sr. Middle School serve?

Hinson Middle serves grades 6 through 8. It is at 1860 N. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Daytona Beach, and its main line is 386-258-4682.

What is Hinson Middle School’s Florida school grade?

David C. Hinson Sr. Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 64% of possible points, up from a B in 2025 and 2024.

Which high school does Hinson Middle feed into?

Mostly Mainland High. On the district’s map data, about 88% of the address points in Hinson’s zone are zoned for Mainland High and 12% for Seabreeze High. Every Hinson-zoned address inside Daytona Beach is zoned for Mainland.

What time does Hinson Middle start?

Classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., according to the school’s bell schedule. Volusia County middle schools dismiss at 3:15 p.m. on early release days.