Westside Elementary, 1700 Fifth St.: pre-K to grade 5, 774 students (2024-25), a B in Florida's 2026 school grades, up from a D in 2024. 386-258-4678.

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.

Westside Elementary School is the Volusia County Schools elementary school on Fifth Street, on the north mainland and inside the city limits. About 11% of the address points inside Daytona Beach are zoned for Westside, and its zone splits between two middle schools.

Who to call

  • Front office: 386-258-4678, 1700 Fifth St., Daytona Beach, FL 32117
  • School website: westside.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 1700 Fifth St., Daytona Beach, FL 32117
Phone 386-258-4678
Grades Pre-K to 5
Run by Volusia County Schools
Principal Dwayne Copeland
2026 state grade B (59% of points)

Principal. Dwayne Copeland is the principal, according to the school’s faculty and staff directory and principal’s message.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 774 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 41 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 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 Westside Elementary a B in its 2026 school grades, up from a C in 2025 and a D in 2024. The school earned 59% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade B (59% of points)
Grade 3 English language arts achievement 47%
English language arts achievement 48%
English language arts learning gains 68%
Math achievement 47%
Math learning gains 59%
Science achievement 59%

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 and students’ learning gains, the columns of the state’s file show. For an elementary school, A is 62% of possible points or more, B is 54% to 61%, C is 41% to 53% and D is 32% to 40%, 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 Westside Elementary zone map (PDF).

Of the 32,599 address points Volusia County lists inside Daytona Beach, 3,498 are in Westside’s zone on the district’s boundary map data, last updated June 30, 2026. Inside the city, 2,678 of them are zoned for Campbell Middle and 820 for David C. Hinson Sr. Middle; 3,332 are zoned for Mainland High and 166 for Seabreeze High.

Part of the zone lies outside the city. Across the whole zone, about 52% of Westside’s address points are zoned for Hinson Middle and 48% for Campbell Middle; about 97% are zoned for Mainland High and 3% for Seabreeze High. We did not find a feeder list on the district’s website; these shares come from the district’s zone map data.

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. Elementary schools run from 7:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and to 1:30 p.m. on early release days, according to the district’s school hours page. Most Wednesdays are early release days. The full calendar is in our Daytona Beach schools guide.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Westside Elementary School serve?

Westside Elementary serves pre-K through grade 5, according to the federal school directory. It is at 1700 Fifth St. in Daytona Beach, and its main line is 386-258-4678.

What is Westside Elementary’s Florida school grade?

Westside Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 59% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a D in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Westside Elementary feed into?

Westside’s zone splits between two middle schools: on the district’s map data, about 52% of its address points are zoned for David C. Hinson Sr. Middle and 48% for Campbell Middle. About 97% are zoned for Mainland High.

What time does Westside Elementary start?

Volusia County elementary schools run from 7:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with dismissal at 1:30 p.m. on early release days, according to the district.