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Enrollment
959
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018008405
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD
2025 MCKINLEY ST, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33020 · (754) 816-6153 · Broward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL959 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
469 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 180 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 184 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (184).
Student demographics
63%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
45.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 61.1% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD this school | 959 | 48.9% | 50.8% |
| MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL MASCOTTE | 937 | 48.1% | 55.9% |
| HAMMETT BOWEN JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,010 | 50.5% | 53.8% |
| RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALVA | 913 | 50.2% | 46.6% |
| MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 921 | 49.8% | 53.6% |
| CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 968 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
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 AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,301 of 2,136 | #124 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #1,169 of 2,149 ▼ 268 | #122 of 191 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,499 of 2,149 ▼ 278 | #151 of 191 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 959 | #233 of 2,267 | #23 of 199 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #689 of 2,108 | #50 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #1,332 of 2,188 | #96 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #134 of 1,374 | #23 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
959
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
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 | 959 | N/A | N/A | 49% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 1,089 | 56 | 19.4:1 | 52% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 1,025 | N/A | N/A | 57% (589) |
| 2020-21 | 948 | 55 | 17.2:1 | 52% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 1,432 | 86 | 16.6:1 | 52% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 943 | 5 | 188.6:1 | 36% (337) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD.
About AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD is an elementary school located in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, in Broward County. There are 959 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD sits within BROWARD, which has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
The student body at AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 48%. Other groups include 34% White and 14% Black. The county population is about 33% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Income data for the school show 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 56.7% for a school in Florida with AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD's free or reduced-price lunch share. AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD posts 50.8%.
Broward County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Broward County's 338 public schools enroll about 244,502 students and include AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD from the closest public school, AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARD. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD is a public charter school.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (948) and 2024-25 (959).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 HOLLYWOOD
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,358 students
- MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,143 students
- HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCEElementary · 1,140 students
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARDHigh · 1,122 students
Nearby schools
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARD0.0 mi · 1,122
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY FOUNDATION K80.0 mi · 90
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,358
- BEACHSIDE MONTESSORI VILLAGE0.6 mi · 718
- OAKRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 411
- OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARDHow many students attend AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD?
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD enrolls approximately 959 students in grades KG-05.
Is AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD an elementary, middle, or high school?
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD have?
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD employs 0 FTE teachers.
How diverse is AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD?
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD reports a student body of 34% White, 48% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD?
AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
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