Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000156
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1755 NE 14TH ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33304 · (754) 322-5450 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
182 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
58%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
44.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
55.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 294 | 61.9% | 47.8% |
| SHORE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 330 | 63.3% | 51.3% |
| RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER LEESBURG | 242 | 61.2% | N/A |
| LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 299 | 65.6% | 44.5% |
| DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 232 | 65.1% | 41.4% |
| AGENORIA S PASCHAL/OLINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 296 | 67.9% | 41.1% |
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 BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #1,443 of 2,136 | #142 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,318 of 2,149 ▼ 201 | #142 of 191 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,582 of 2,149 ▲ 12 | #159 of 191 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,997 of 2,267 | #170 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #330 of 2,077 | #4 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #967 of 2,108 | #80 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #831 of 2,188 | #44 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #203 of 1,374 | #39 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
294
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 294 | 21 | 14.0:1 | 62% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 67% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 23.5 | 14.0:1 | 80% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 79% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 90% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 87% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 83% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 82% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, is home to BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. It had 294 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
A total of 325 schools make up BROWARD, with 243,591 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56% Black. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 11% White, and 2% multiracial. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 28% share among Broward County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 14.0:1, based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is higher.
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Florida public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.8%.
The school is in Broward County, where median household income comes to about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Broward County's 338 public schools enroll about 244,502 students and include BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment fell 5% over 4 years, reaching 294 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback 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
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Other Bennett Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Bennett Elementary. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Bennett ElementaryManassas, VA · 746 students
- BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFargo, ND · 622 students
- Bennett Elementary SchoolWOLFFORTH, TX · 610 students
- Bennett Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 513 students
- Bennett Elementary SchoolDETROIT, MI · 498 students
Nearby schools
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,141
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 530
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,260
- NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 266
- WILTON MANORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 542
- VIRGINIA SHUMAN YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 30% Hispanic, 56% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
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