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Which teacher or staff member at GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,156
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003306
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1101 GLADES PKWY, WESTON, FL 33327 · (754) 323-5850 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,156 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Florida public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
18.9:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
108 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 | 25 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 140 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 164 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 170 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 220 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 223 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 214 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (214).
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
85.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
90.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.7% | 90.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
84.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (84.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,156 | 9.3% | 84.7% |
| MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTON | 978 | 12.0% | 81.3% |
| PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,001 | 9.8% | 84.5% |
| WATER SPRING ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 1,013 | 15.6% | 62.4% |
| EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTON | 1,139 | 21.1% | 85.8% |
| SUN BLAZE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 1,150 | 20.1% | 65.7% |
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 GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #62 of 2,136 | #7 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #45 of 2,149 ▲ 25 | #4 of 191 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #52 of 2,149 ▲ 79 | #7 of 191 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,156 | #102 of 2,267 | #10 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,832 of 2,077 | #129 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #1,252 of 2,108 | #114 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #2,131 of 2,188 | #171 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #919 of 1,374 | #118 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
1,156
-53 (-4%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 1,425
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 1,156 | 61 | 18.9:1 | 9% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 1,192 | 62 | 19.2:1 | 17% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 1,225 | 64 | 19.1:1 | 19% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 1,209 | 70 | 17.3:1 | 16% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 1,289 | 80 | 16.1:1 | 17% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 1,294 | 79 | 16.4:1 | 14% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 1,277 | 78 | 16.4:1 | 11% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 1,425 | 54 | 26.4:1 | 6% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in Florida, with an address in WESTON. A federal count lists 1,156 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
BROWARD has 243,591 students spread across 325 schools.
At GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. The school is also 21% White, 8% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 33% Hispanic share among all Broward County residents. GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 61 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 18.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 9% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Broward County, the average is 38%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 76.5%. It scores 84.7%, 8.2 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Broward County is home to 338 public schools and about 244,502 public school students.
Nearby, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,156, a 4% decrease from 1,209 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 17.3:1 to 18.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 WESTON
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 2,096 students
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,308 students
- EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,139 students
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTONElementary · 1,093 students
- MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 978 students
Nearby schools
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON0.7 mi · 1,093
- EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,139
- INDIAN TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 667
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,308
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 823
- COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 773
Frequently asked questions
About GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,156 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the student diversity at GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 21% White, 65% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GATOR RUN 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.