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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000242
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2640 NW 46TH AVE, LAUDERHILL, FL 33313 · (754) 322-5600 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
19.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
360 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
10%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
39.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 46.8% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 548 | 65.7% | 41.4% |
| LAUDERHILL PAUL TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERDALE LAKES | 590 | 66.4% | 50.7% |
| ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 468 | 69.0% | 42.3% |
| LINDA LENTIN K-8 CENTER NORTH MIAMI BEACH | 594 | 67.2% | 53.1% |
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 543 | 66.1% | 43.9% |
| VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUNRISE | 654 | 63.0% | 47.6% |
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 CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,747 of 2,136 | #175 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,745 of 2,149 ▼ 196 | #178 of 191 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,788 of 2,149 ▼ 70 | #183 of 191 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #1,227 of 2,267 | #96 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,911 of 2,077 | #145 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.5% | #2,023 of 2,108 | #180 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #656 of 2,188 | #32 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #715 of 1,374 | #101 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
548
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,027
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 548 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 66% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 73% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 86% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 87% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 97% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 96% (562) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 90% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 65% (499) |
| 1990-91 | 1,027 | 47 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in Florida, with an address in LAUDERHILL. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 548 students in 2024-25.
BROWARD is the local district for CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 325 schools with 243,591 students.
Black students are 95% of those enrolled at CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all Broward County residents. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 2.1 students per teacher. At CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Broward County is 38%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.3% for CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 41.4%, 6.8 points below the prediction.
For the population of Broward County, 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 counts 338 public schools with about 244,502 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, LAUDERHILL 6-12, is the closest to CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 23 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.3 to 19.6 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 schools in LAUDERHILL
- PIPER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- LAUDERHILL 6-12High · 716 students
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- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMYElementary · 385 students
Nearby schools
- LAUDERHILL 6-120.8 mi · 716
- LAUDERHILL PAUL TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 590
- ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 704
- PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 903
- ENDEAVOUR PRIMARY LEARNING CENTER1.2 mi · 317
- EAGLES NEST CHARTER ACADEMY1.4 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CASTLE HILL 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.