CROSS CREEK SCHOOL

As a rural-scale combined-grade school in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, CROSS CREEK SCHOOL serves 72 students from grades K through 12, run under BROWARD. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 353 students.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; CROSS CREEK SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CROSS CREEK SCHOOL records that 63% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 18% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 67% 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 meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Broward County shows median household earnings sit near $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which CROSS CREEK SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CROSS CREEK SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CROSS CREEK SCHOOL has declined 49%, going from 142 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 46% to 63%.

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