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What's something FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000281
FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3100 NW 85TH AVE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33065 · (754) 322-6400 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
257 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
64.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
70.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
624
-105 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.3:1
% White
13%
was 15%
% Hispanic
41%
was 38%
% Black
40%
was 37%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 3100 NW 85TH AVE, in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary-level community that teaches 624 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under BROWARD.
FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that hosts 243,591 students overall.
In terms of who attends, FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Black, 13% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 41% of students at FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 63.6%, a residual of +3.1 points.
Across the wider county, Broward County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).
Nearest neighbor: CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 14%, going from 729 students in 2018 to 624 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.
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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 CORAL SPRINGS
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
- CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,756 students
- WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,646 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CORAL SPRINGSElementary · 1,515 students
Nearby schools
- CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,756
- JAMES S. HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 482
- SOMERSET ACADEMY RIVERSIDE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 306
- SOMERSET ACADEMY RIVERSIDE0.8 mi · 426
- ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 224
- ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS ACADEMY A1.2 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 624 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 41% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST HILLS 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.