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What's one thing CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
733
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000255
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
851 SW 3RD AVE, POMPANO BEACH, FL 33060 · (754) 322-6050 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
447 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 41.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 733 | 61.0% | 45.2% |
| MILLENNIA GARDENS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 657 | 61.0% | 42.0% |
| BROADVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LAUDERDALE | 636 | 59.1% | 43.5% |
| FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 694 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| DIAMOND VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 800 | 62.4% | 53.2% |
| SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 633 | 65.6% | 37.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,572 of 2,136 | #153 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,499 of 2,149 ▲ 273 | #158 of 191 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,634 of 2,149 ▲ 176 | #167 of 191 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #609 of 2,267 | #46 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,354 of 2,077 | #56 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #963 of 2,108 | #79 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #872 of 2,188 | #46 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #1,189 of 1,374 | #138 of 157 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
733
+48 (+7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 733 | 43.7 | 16.8:1 | 61% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 65% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 79% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 79% (543) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 91% (701) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 57 | 14.5:1 | 93% (772) |
| 2010-11 | 793 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 89% (705) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 76% (540) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 38 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school based in POMPANO BEACH, Florida. Total enrollment is 733 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 21% bigger than the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
Within BROWARD, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools. The district enrolls 243,591 students.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 45% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Broward County's population at about 33%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The school has 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.8:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Federal data show 61% of students (447) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points above the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 50.6%.
The school's county is Broward County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Broward County number 338, with about 244,502 students.
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.2% against a local average of 55.9%.
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased by 7% across 4 years, from 685 in 2020-21 to 733 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.6:1 to 16.8:1 over the same years.
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Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- 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
Other schools in POMPANO BEACH
- 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
Other Cypress Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cypress Elementary. CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 11.
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 554 students
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 455 students
- Cypress ElementaryFontana, CA · 572 students
- Cypress ElementaryTulare, CA · 562 students
- Cypress ElementaryCovina, CA · 558 students
Nearby schools
- 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
Frequently asked questions
About CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 733 students in grades PK-05.
Is CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 46% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.