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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000273
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
301 NW 69TH TER, MARGATE, FL 33063 · (754) 322-5300 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
319 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What 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 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 42.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 579 | 55.1% | 45.6% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMARAC | 553 | 55.5% | 53.2% |
| HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUNRISE | 505 | 55.8% | 52.9% |
| PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 504 | 53.4% | 58.2% |
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARGATE | 684 | 51.5% | 52.3% |
| GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 705 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,548 of 2,136 | #151 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #1,559 of 2,149 ▲ 173 | #165 of 191 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,311 of 2,149 ▲ 195 | #131 of 191 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #1,099 of 2,267 | #81 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #792 of 2,077 | #17 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #1,118 of 2,108 | #101 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #1,087 of 2,188 | #72 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #632 of 1,374 | #90 of 157 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
579
-72 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 861
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 55% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 65% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 77% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 75% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 53 | 13.1:1 | 86% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 85% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 55 | 13.4:1 | 77% (568) |
| 2000-01 | 927 | 44 | 21.1:1 | 49% (451) |
| 1990-91 | 861 | 42 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in MARGATE, Florida. In all, 579 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in BROWARD. The district has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
More than half of enrollment at ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black: 60%. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% Asian. Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55%.
On staff are 38 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 55%. Public schools in Broward County average 38%.
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 53.6% and the result is 45.6%.
Looking at the county, Broward County, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Broward County has 338 public schools with about 244,502 students, including ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 651 in 2020-21 to 579 in 2024-25.
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Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in MARGATE
- MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 962 students
- MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 927 students
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMYElementary · 770 students
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
- ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGEHigh · 680 students
- SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARDHigh · 353 students
Nearby schools
- MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 927
- MORROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 512
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER1.0 mi · 708
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH AT NORTH LAUDERDA1.0 mi · 349
- NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 605
- RAMBLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,005
Frequently asked questions
About ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
Is ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 6% White, 29% Hispanic, 60% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.