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Alumni: what's one memory from DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000162
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2330 NW 12TH CT, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33311 · (754) 322-6200 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats 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
20.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
411 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
15%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
33.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
65.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +25.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 25 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 39.8% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 556 | 73.9% | 40.4% |
| WEST OAKS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 494 | 75.5% | 43.5% |
| U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY WEST PALM BEACH | 496 | 74.8% | 53.1% |
| DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY RIVIERA BEACH | 529 | 75.8% | 31.8% |
| WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 512 | 75.0% | 40.3% |
| HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 619 | 73.7% | 44.2% |
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 DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,789 of 2,136 | #178 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #869 of 2,149 ▲ 958 | #92 of 191 ▲ 90 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,998 of 2,149 ▲ 82 | #189 of 191 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #1,196 of 2,267 | #89 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,974 of 2,077 | #155 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.9% | #1,996 of 2,108 | #176 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #306 of 2,188 | #16 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #177 of 1,374 | #32 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
556
-139 (-20%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 556 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 74% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 31 | 19.8:1 | 82% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 93% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 695 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 89% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 98% (791) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 98% (818) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 96% (643) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 95% (696) |
| 1990-91 | 662 | 36 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, are served by DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 556 students in pre-K through 5.
BROWARD counts 243,591 students in its 325 schools, and DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
Of every 100 students at DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 92 are Black. It is also 5% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Broward County is roughly 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 20.6:1 is based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 3.1 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 74%. On average, public schools in Broward County report 38%.
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 3.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.4% actual, 44.1% predicted).
The county, Broward County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 338 public schools and about 244,502 students.
Among nearby public schools, DILLARD 6-12 is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 20% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.2 to 20.6 over 4 years.
People who know DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 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
Nearby schools
- DILLARD 6-120.2 mi · 1,998
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND SERVICES0.6 mi · 13
- ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 468
- SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY0.9 mi · 353
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 399
- WILLIAM DANDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.