COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of moderately sized scale in WESTON, Florida, one of the schools within BROWARD, caters to 773 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Broward County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household earnings sit near $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 977 students in 2018 compared to 773 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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