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What's something HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000178
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
900 SE 15TH ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33316 · (754) 323-6050 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+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
17.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
156 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
64%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
71.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.2% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 72.4% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 494 | 31.6% | 67.7% |
| PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 522 | 28.2% | 63.8% |
| LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 559 | 29.3% | 56.6% |
| ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALRICO | 568 | 26.6% | 66.6% |
| ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 569 | 30.1% | 68.4% |
| FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLDSMAR | 480 | 30.2% | 71.5% |
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 HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #542 of 2,136 | #56 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #563 of 2,149 ▼ 105 | #60 of 191 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #397 of 2,149 ▲ 6 | #50 of 191 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #1,443 of 2,267 | #112 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,666 of 2,077 | #102 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #628 of 2,108 | #41 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #1,785 of 2,188 | #141 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #400 of 621 | #13 of 20 |
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
494
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 494 | 27.6 | 17.9:1 | 32% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 25.6 | 19.7:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 30.6 | 15.9:1 | 38% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 38% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 42% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 40% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 38% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 43% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 22 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. Enrollment is 494 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Besides HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BROWARD runs 324 other schools. The district enrolls 243,591 students.
Enrollment at HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 50%. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Broward County is about 38% White. The chance that two students picked at random at HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
The school has about 17.9 students per teacher and 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 32%.
allk12 grades HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.3% at HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Broward County, median household income is about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Broward County number 338 and enroll about 244,502.
The nearest other public school, CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 461 to 494. By 2024-25, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 16.5 in 2020-21.
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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
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- 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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 students
- NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,566 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
Nearby schools
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE0.5 mi · 164
- CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 682
- SEAGULL SCHOOL1.2 mi · 131
- WHIDDON RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER1.3 mi · 655
- VIRGINIA SHUMAN YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 609
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,286
Frequently asked questions
About HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 50% White, 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.