Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
CYPRESS 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 43 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 851 SW 3RD AVE, in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus that teaches 733 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of BROWARD. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 45% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 45.2%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 4%, going from 767 students in 2018 to 733 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- 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
- BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,877 students
- POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,322 students
- POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,087 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 925 students
- NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
- TEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 406
- MCNAB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 538
- JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 770
- POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,087
- BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,877
- BROWARD CHILDREN'S CENTER NORTH1.7 mi · 22