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DANIA 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 51 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a cozy elementary campus in DANIA BEACH, Florida, DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 464 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by BROWARD. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 604.
BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 32% Black, 22% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.
On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Broward County's rate of about 38%.
With demographic context factored in, DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of -4.8 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.4%.
DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 506 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 40% to 32%. Class-load math has grew: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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