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ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8
ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8, a mid-sized elementary campus in MIRAMAR, Florida, one of the schools within BROWARD, works with 562 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 records that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 52.8%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 is one.
The closest other public school is HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTER, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 735 (now 562). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 81% to 75%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.
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