HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL

HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized four-year high schools in HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida, run under BROWARD, with 1,031 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 6% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.2%; actual is 35.7%, a gap of -22.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household income runs about $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LANIER-JAMES EDUCATION CENTER, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 1,352 (now 1,031). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 25% to 39%. Class-load math has widened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.