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CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 5100 SW 148TH AVE, in MIRAMAR, Florida, CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary campus that teaches 417 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of BROWARD. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.
BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 72.1%, a residual of +6.4 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate 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%. CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).
LAWTON CHILES MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 65.5%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 41% since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 417). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 28% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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