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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000274
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2101 N PINE ISLAND RD, SUNRISE, FL 33322 · (754) 322-6450 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
282 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
Student demographics
61%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
59.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
63.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 53.0% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
Where HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,185 of 2,136 | #113 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #923 of 2,149 | #99 of 191 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #862 of 2,149 | #88 of 191 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #1,397 of 2,267 | #109 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #470 of 2,077 | #6 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #831 of 2,108 | #67 of 181 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #693 of 1,374 | #98 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
505
-91 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.0:1
% White
7%
was 10%
% Hispanic
32%
was 28%
% Black
53%
was 53%
% Asian
3%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 505 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 56% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 41.5 | 14.1:1 | 62% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 38.5 | 14.7:1 | 74% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 81% (481) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a small elementary school in SUNRISE, Florida. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 505 students.
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to BROWARD, a district of 325 schools and 243,591 students.
More than half of enrollment at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black: 53%. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 61%.
The school's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 3.0 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Broward County average 38%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.2% at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.9%.
Looking at the county, Broward County, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Broward County has 338 public schools with about 244,502 students, including HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, BAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 56.0% proficiency; HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 52.9%.
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Over 7 years, enrollment decreased by 91 students, from 596 to 505. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Hispanic share, which rose from 28% to 32%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
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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
- 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 SUNRISE
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY SUNRISEElementary · 1,370 students
- SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 858 students
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 730 students
- BAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 672 students
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
Nearby schools
- BAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 672
- NOB HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 510
- WELLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 589
- MIRROR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 639
- PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,696
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 32% Hispanic, 53% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HORIZON 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.