DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a compact K-5 school in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, operated by BROWARD, teaches 426 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 604.

DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that serves 243,591 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 12% White, 4% Asian, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 54.0%; DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 39.6%, -14.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 31%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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