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What's the one class at DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000170
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
650 SW 3RD AVE, DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33441 · (754) 322-6150 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
287 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
26%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
53.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.2pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 56.9% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 391 | 73.4% | 49.1% |
| SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY FORT LAUDERDALE | 353 | 73.4% | 51.5% |
| LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 399 | 74.7% | 49.0% |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 330 | 71.8% | 44.4% |
| SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 366 | 71.3% | 35.1% |
| PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 372 | 69.6% | 53.6% |
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 DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,374 of 2,136 | #135 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #1,133 of 2,149 ▼ 60 | #120 of 191 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,115 of 2,149 ▲ 444 | #113 of 191 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #1,787 of 2,267 | #149 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #701 of 2,077 | #14 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #1,910 of 2,108 | #168 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #329 of 2,188 | #17 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #119 of 1,374 | #17 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
391
-202 (-34%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
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 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 73% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 78% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 91% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 87% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 94% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 93% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 95% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 78% (601) |
| 1990-91 | 839 | 53 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in DEERFIELD BEACH, Florida, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 391 students. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
BROWARD (325 schools, 243,591 students) runs DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A large majority of enrollment at DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black, at 85%. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic. Among all residents of Broward County, the Black share is about 28%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
There are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.0:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Broward County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Florida public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.7 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.1% actual, 44.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In Broward County, home to about 1,977,129 people, median household income comes to about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Broward County's 338 public schools enroll about 244,502 students and include DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.6 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 34%.
The discussion board for DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 DEERFIELD BEACH
- DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,120 students
- DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,132 students
- QUIET WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,072 students
- DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,132
- SOMERSET ACADEMY KEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 301
- SOMERSET ACADEMY KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 370
- PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 549
- DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 572
- DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,120
Frequently asked questions
About DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 12% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
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