CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, run under BROWARD, instructing 420 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that educates 243,591 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder breaks down as 37% Hispanic, 4% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 56.7%, a residual of +10.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Broward County shows median household earnings sit near $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

CROSS CREEK SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 420). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 69% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.