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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000199
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2700 NW 69TH AVE, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33024 · (754) 323-5450 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
231 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
57%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
42.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
41.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 41.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 44.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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 →
Schools most like DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 426 | 54.2% | 39.6% |
| HOLLYWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 408 | 54.9% | 69.9% |
| SHERIDAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 378 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| CASTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 555 | 55.5% | 56.5% |
| PASADENA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 478 | 51.9% | 51.9% |
| VISTA POINTE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 488 | 53.5% | 59.3% |
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 DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,830 of 2,136 | #181 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #1,860 of 2,149 ▼ 214 | #183 of 191 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,666 of 2,149 ▼ 84 | #169 of 191 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #1,692 of 2,267 | #132 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #774 of 2,077 | #16 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #1,028 of 2,108 | #89 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #1,124 of 2,188 | #77 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #179 of 1,374 | #34 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
426
-184 (-30%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 61% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 73% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 73% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 80% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 79% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 74% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 41 | 21.0:1 | 60% (512) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 34 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in HOLLYWOOD, Florida. The student body numbers 426 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 29% smaller than that.
The 325 schools in BROWARD enroll 243,591 students altogether, DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 62%. Next come 17% Black, 12% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Native American. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Broward County residents. DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 28 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 54%. The average for public schools in Broward County is 38%.
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Florida, DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.6% compared with a predicted 54.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in the county.
DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 426 students in 2024-25, 184 fewer than the 610 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 HOLLYWOOD
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,358 students
- MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,143 students
- HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCEElementary · 1,140 students
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARDHigh · 1,122 students
Other Driftwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Driftwood Elementary. DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Driftwood Elementary SchoolPort Orford, OR · 174 students
Nearby schools
- DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 955
- SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 478
- THE QUEST CENTER0.7 mi · 109
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROWARD0.7 mi · 70
- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,143
- HOLLYWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 426 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 12% White, 62% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DRIFTWOOD 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.