HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SUNRISE, Florida, HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized primary school, operated by BROWARD. It enrolls 505 students across grades pre-K through 5.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 32% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.2%; this one delivers 52.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 596 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 28% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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