Enrollment
164
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003156
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
1217 SE 3RD AVE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33316 · (954) 522-2997 · Broward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL164 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- ABeats 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
23.4:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
149 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
52%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 55.3% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE this school | 164 | 90.9% | 49.5% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY EAST PREPARATORY MIRAMAR | 167 | 88.0% | 71.2% |
| THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL MIAMI | 168 | 94.0% | 33.4% |
| ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERRINE | 168 | 86.3% | 37.9% |
| GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 162 | 82.7% | 35.8% |
| LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY TAMPA | 102 | 94.1% | 40.6% |
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 CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,359 of 2,136 | #133 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #1,532 of 2,149 ▼ 384 | #163 of 191 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,263 of 2,149 ▲ 22 | #125 of 191 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #2,144 of 2,267 | #184 of 199 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #33 of 2,188 | #6 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.8% | #31 of 1,374 | #4 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
164
-71 (-30%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 164 | 7 | 23.4:1 | 91% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 12 | 17.4:1 | 84% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 74% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 14 | 16.8:1 | 48% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 82% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 79% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 15 | 19.2:1 | 69% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | N/A | N/A | 29% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.
About CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, is home to CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, a small elementary school. The school had 164 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is run by BROWARD, whose 325 schools enroll 243,591 students.
Black students make up a majority at CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, at 63%. Next come 27% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 28% Black among all Broward County residents. CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.4 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 91%. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is higher.
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE's average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.5% is 13.8 points above the 35.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 338 public schools in Broward County, enrolling about 244,502 students in all.
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 49.5% versus a 57.1% average.
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size. NCES lists CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE as a charter school.
The school enrolled 164 students in 2024-25, 71 fewer than the 235 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.8:1 to 23.4:1.
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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
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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
- HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 494
- CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 682
- VIRGINIA SHUMAN YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 609
- SEAGULL SCHOOL1.3 mi · 131
- WHIDDON RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER1.3 mi · 655
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,286
Frequently asked questions
About CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCEHow large is CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE enrolls approximately 164 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE serve?
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.
What is the student diversity at CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE?
Student demographics at CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE are roughly 4% White, 27% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE in?
CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE is part of BROWARD.
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