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Alumni: what's one memory from DILLARD 6-12 that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,998
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000169
DILLARD 6-12
2501 NW 11TH ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33311 · (754) 322-0800 · Broward County
GRADES 06–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,998 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
1,217 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
43.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.7pp 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 42 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 16 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,998
-214 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 18.8:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
91%
was 91%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DILLARD 6-12
DILLARD 6-12 is a high school of sizable scale in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, operated by BROWARD, works with 1,998 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so DILLARD 6-12 sits 93% larger than that benchmark.
BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; DILLARD 6-12 is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DILLARD 6-12 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, DILLARD 6-12 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.6%; this one comes in at 35.8%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household income runs about $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which DILLARD 6-12 is one.
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DILLARD 6-12. On composite proficiency, DILLARD 6-12 comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. DILLARD 6-12's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,212 (now 1,998). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.
On the community side, members of the DILLARD 6-12 community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,566 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,141 students
Nearby schools
- DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 556
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND SERVICES0.7 mi · 13
- ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 468
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 399
- WINGATE OAKS CENTER1.0 mi · 90
- SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY1.0 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About DILLARD 6-12How large is DILLARD 6-12?
DILLARD 6-12 enrolls approximately 1,998 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does DILLARD 6-12 serve?
DILLARD 6-12 serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at DILLARD 6-12?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at DILLARD 6-12.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DILLARD 6-12?
At DILLARD 6-12, the student body is approximately 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DILLARD 6-12?
DILLARD 6-12 is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.