CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, part of BROWARD. The school teaches 682 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 13% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.7%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

SEAGULL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 757 (now 682). White enrollment moved from 17% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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