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Education - Daytona Beach FL Education Daytona Beach’s Volusia County School District contains more than 50,000 students in its elementary, middle and secondary schools. District students score better than the state average on the benchmark Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in both the reading and mathematics categories. Volusia continues to rank among the top ten of Florida’s 67 school districts for lowest dropout rate as well. Some 82 percent of district graduates plan to enter college or university. Parents have a number of private school choices in the area. There are numerous religion-based and non-denominational Montessori schools as well as private academies, preschools and schools for children with special needs. With several university campuses located here, including Bethune-Cookman College and the world-renowned Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach has a number of options for those seeking higher education. The Daytona Beach campus of the University of Central Florida specializes in bachelor’s level courses in criminal justice and elementary education as well as advanced degrees in Business Administration and Engineering. Daytona Beach Community College is Florida’s first comprehensive community college. D-B-C-C, along with its educational partners, Volusia and Flagler County Public School Systems and businesses, recently unveiled the Advanced Technology Center, a facility offering opportunities for high school students and adult community college students to pursue technology-based fields. school, schools, college, colleges, education, mba, program