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What's something BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000192
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1175 MIDDLE RIVER DR, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33304 · (754) 322-5400 · Broward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
95 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
89.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
92.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 5 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
-60 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 15.9:1
% White
63%
was 66%
% Hispanic
25%
was 22%
% Black
4%
was 4%
% Asian
3%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, operated by BROWARD, with 530 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that hosts 243,591 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Broward County's rate of about 38%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 72.2%; this one delivers 86.9%, a residual of +14.7 points.
In the broader community, Broward County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Five-year trend. BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 590 (now 530). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.
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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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 students
- NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,566 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
Nearby schools
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,141
- BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 294
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,260
- VIRGINIA SHUMAN YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 609
- NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 266
- SANDRA MARIE CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
Is BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
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