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Enrollment
789
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018007250
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8800 NW 54TH CT, SUNRISE, FL 33351 · (754) 322-9100 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
298 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
52%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
69.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.8% | 63.2% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 789 | 37.8% | 64.8% |
| NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEM DAVIE | 747 | 44.8% | 63.3% |
| CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMARAC | 830 | 40.0% | 58.1% |
| MIRROR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 639 | 48.0% | 55.9% |
| NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY DAVIE | 731 | 47.3% | 61.2% |
| ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 787 | 47.0% | 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 DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #654 of 2,136 | #63 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #500 of 2,149 ▲ 312 | #56 of 191 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #464 of 2,149 ▲ 186 | #54 of 191 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #486 of 2,267 | #38 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,999 of 2,077 | #157 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #1,292 of 2,108 | #121 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,647 of 2,188 | #124 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #504 of 1,374 | #76 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
789
-48 (-6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 789 | 37 | 21.3:1 | 38% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 46% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 816 | 42 | 19.4:1 | 63% (510) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 61% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 982 | 61 | 16.1:1 | 72% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 1,019 | 56 | 18.2:1 | 68% (691) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 49 | 17.3:1 | 62% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in SUNRISE, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 789 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 325 schools that make up BROWARD (243,591 students in total).
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66% Black by enrollment. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Broward County residents are about 28% Black. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.3:1. This ratio sits 3.8 above the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 38% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Broward County average 38%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +2.6 points: 64.8% actual, 62.3% predicted.
Broward County has about 1,977,129 residents, and the median household income is $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Broward County has 337 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.8% against a local average of 61.6%.
Federal data place DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 48 students since 2020-21, to 789. By 2024-25, the school had 21.3 students per teacher, compared with 18.6 in 2020-21.
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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 SUNRISE
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY SUNRISEElementary · 1,370 students
- SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 858 students
- WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 730 students
- BAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 672 students
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- WELLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
Other Discovery Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 10 states are named Discovery Elementary. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 17.
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 679 students
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELTONA, FL · 653 students
- Discovery Elementary - 26Sioux Falls, SD · 873 students
- Discovery ElementarySan Marcos, CA · 717 students
- Discovery ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 706 students
Nearby schools
- WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 730
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 427
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 830
- MILLENNIUM 6-12 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.6 mi · 1,435
- ARC BROWARD INC.1.1 mi · 69
- PIPER HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,201
Frequently asked questions
About DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 789 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 21.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 18% Hispanic, 66% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.