CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER

CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER is an unified-grade school of tight-knit scale in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, run under BROWARD, instructing 150 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 58% below typical.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Broward County's rate of about 38%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Broward County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER is one campus in the mix.

SOMERSET ACADEMY POMPANO (K-5) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CYPRESS RUN ALTERNATIVE CENTER has grew 30%, going from 115 students in 2018 to 150 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 9% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 5.8:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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