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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002707
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5900 SW 160TH AVE, SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FL 33331 · (754) 323-6100 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 87% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
158 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 | 9 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
59%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
76.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
81.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 81.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 82.7% |
% 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
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 608 | 26.0% | 77.5% |
| VILLAGE PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 597 | 22.1% | 69.5% |
| CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 693 | 20.6% | 60.4% |
| CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 619 | 32.3% | 74.0% |
| COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTON | 773 | 21.2% | 71.6% |
| TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 610 | 25.1% | 77.9% |
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 HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #235 of 2,136 | #26 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #239 of 2,149 ▼ 78 | #32 of 191 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #247 of 2,149 ▼ 4 | #30 of 191 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,006 of 2,267 | #75 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #947 of 2,077 | #28 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #949 of 2,108 | #78 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #1,898 of 2,188 | #154 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.5% | #160 of 1,374 | #28 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
608
-107 (-15%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 790
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 26% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 30% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 35% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 24% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 57 | 15.6:1 | 30% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 857 | 54 | 15.9:1 | 28% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 885 | 56 | 15.8:1 | 19% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 1,193 | 56 | 21.3:1 | 6% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 790 | 39 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Florida, as a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 608 students in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 325 schools in BROWARD totals 243,591 students.
The student body at HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 26% White, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Broward County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. There are 158 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 26% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Broward County report 38%.
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of Florida public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 68.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 77.5%.
In the surrounding county, Broward County, median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 338, with about 244,502 students.
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is GREENTREE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 715 to 608. The school's ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 15.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 450
- SILVER TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,187
- PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 330
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Frequently asked questions
About HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 58% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAWKES BLUFF 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.