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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary 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
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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
426
-189 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.8:1
% White
12%
was 11%
% Hispanic
62%
was 57%
% Black
17%
was 18%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, members of the DRIFTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
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.