New Smyrna Beach High School
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
Phone: (386) 424-2555
Fax: (386) 424-2505
District: Volusia
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades PK,9,10,11,12 • 1687 students
New Smyrna Beach High School, a public school located in New Smyrna Beach, FL, serves grades PK, 9-12 in the Volusia.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
New Smyrna Beach High School is a public school located in New Smyrna Beach, FL. 1687 students attend New Smyrna Beach High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 5/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking data from Florida Department of Education, and using 2025 Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking data from Florida Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 8/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2019 Average SAT score data from Florida Department of Education, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Florida Department of Education, and using 2026 demographic data from Florida Department of Education. |
| Student Growth | 1/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Florida Department of Education. |
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Posted: November 30, 2025
Students here often worry about being bullied, the school is underfunded, and a lot of the courses (including Honors and AP courses) have no change in difficulty comparing to normal classes. Teachers rarely offer support. When it comes to bullying, staff just looks away.
Posted: July 4, 2025
This school treats bullying like a minor issue that can be swept under the rug. The teachers are completely indifferent to the students well-being unless it directly benefits them. Its one of the worst schools Ive ever been to. Ive never felt any respect in any of the classrooms, and the teachers are simply incompetent. I spent four years of high school there, and I almost dropped out multiple times just because of the environment. Im not exaggerating. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA, but Im not a delinquent kid. Everyone at that school seemed to thrive on creating problems. The teachers are powerless to address the behavior of the students. Even in the accelerated classes that I took over the course of my four years, there was rampant out-of-control behavior, and the teachers barely did their job. Some of the only teachers who did a good job were the AICE teachers, like Negedley and Weisheimer. This school is a disgrace to the education system.
Posted: July 4, 2025
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Posted: March 16, 2024
Administration doesnt care or respond to personal communication or complaints from parents. I continually hear appalling stories from other parents and community members about the unprofessional and inconsiderate administration. I know of several issues that have been brought to admin that have been occurring for YEARS and nothing has been done! If you pay money to the school for sports or academics please keep in mind that there is absolutely NO guidelines on how the money is spent by coaches and teachers. If your child attends or will attend, Id recommend staying very visible and involved even though it may not matter most of the time but maybe it will!
Posted: March 16, 2024
Posted: April 14, 2021
Poor! Staff doesn't care, including the principal! Reputation proceeds!
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Posted: May 16, 2019
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Posted: May 16, 2019
Because the Cuda Non Bullying Policy is never followed. They get a report about bullying and they dont write that student up and/or any rule on that policy. The teacher or displinary principal wait till the child/victim is forced to defend themselves and suspends students physically fighting. No use to have something in place for prevention if not one teacher follows it nor why have a displinary principal if he isn't going to follow all aspects of his job. Anyone can view a video and suspend. If there is a policy in place then it should be followed by faculty!! especially when the victim did their part and reported it and tried to get help. If this is never followed by teacher's/ and/or principals to support a child in danger or fear then why have it written at all? Isn't this the very reason to even write a policy?
Posted: May 16, 2019
The last few years this school has gotten more violent and bullying rampant. Disappointed that faculty and staff here has started to fail our children in this manor. Either fire the ones not following policy or let this school increasingly get worse
Posted: May 26, 2018
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Posted: May 26, 2018
In the 2 years I have been with this school, I find the teachers to be caring, flexible and wanting to see all students achieve and at times giving up their week nights and weekends to make sure students are successful. The band teacher Mr. Scaccia has brought so much to the students and making their self-esteem soar by being one of the best bands in the county/state. The principal is caring and supports all students including those who are in the LBGTQ community. The assistant principal, Mr. Doster works with students in discipline and he is succeeding with curbing bullying issues. The school has an excellent staff working to improve safety issues and updating when needed the policies. The counselors are by far the best of the best, they work hard with caseloads of up to 500 students each. Many days there will be several staying after school hours to do paperwork because they put the students as their first priority. Counselors give up weekends and their personal time with their family when school activities are involved or making sure all seniors are able to graduate. The school is addressing the mental health of the students although because of funding they are losing the only employed mental health specialist in the county after this school year. NSBHS also has a wonderful mentoring program with the head of the mentors bringing so much to our students, including academic support, emotional support and bringing adults from our community to work with our students. Unfortunately we are losing this wonderful person too and by the way this position she has been working in for the past 13 years has been in volunteering her services. NSBHS is one of the best high schools in the county regarding the opportunities they have for students and the staff that is underpaid and overworked.
Posted: November 20, 2017
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Posted: November 20, 2017
This is a beautiful new, state of the art technology school. The teachers and administrators are awesome and the students are well rounded, respectful, and good kids. It is not over crowded, it is safe and in a great location. The school offers many great academies that are open to all of the students, like medical, engineering, culinary, sports marketing, veterinary, law enforcement and art. They offer AP classes and students can dual enroll, with the college located right across the street! This is by far better than the IB program which is limited to only the top 5%of students and does not get them college credits like the dual enrollment and AP classes. I would highly recommend this high school over many in the county.
Posted: November 20, 2017
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Posted: May 4, 2016
I have been very happy overall with NSBHS. The teachers my kids have, have been great. I love the academy options. The Band program is fantastic! There's a lot of school spirit as well.
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