BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 8800 NW 50TH ST, in SUNRISE, Florida, BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized primary school that hosts 427 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of BROWARD. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 5% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Broward County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 55.2%.

In the broader community, Broward County reports that median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 34%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 23% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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