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IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY is a primary school of small scale in NORTH LAUDERDALE, Florida, operated by BROWARD, caters to 416 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.
BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
In terms of school funding signals, Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.9%.
Zooming out to the county, Broward County reports that median household income runs about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY is one.
BROADVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.
The school occupies a suburban site. IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 631 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 25% to 33% over that span.
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