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What's one thing IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,093
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003685
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON
2500 GLADES CIR, WESTON, FL 33327 · (954) 659-3600 · Broward County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,093 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
0%
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 124 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 25% larger than its 8th grade class (99).
Student demographics
31%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
83.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
87.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.8% | 87.2% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 83.4% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON this school | 1,093 | 0.3% | 81.8% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY COOPER CITY COOPER CITY | 1,336 | 2.3% | 71.0% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY F PEMBROKE PINES | 922 | 3.3% | 57.2% |
| KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER KEY BISCAYNE | 884 | 6.3% | 69.4% |
| SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,192 | 6.6% | 92.7% |
| PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,001 | 9.8% | 84.5% |
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 IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #108 of 2,136 | #11 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #91 of 2,149 ▲ 50 | #12 of 191 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #72 of 2,149 ▲ 10 | #9 of 191 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,093 | #136 of 2,267 | #14 of 199 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #1,826 of 2,108 | #158 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.3% | #2,188 of 2,188 | #190 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #237 of 621 | #6 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
1,093
+129 (+13%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 834
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 | 1,093 | N/A | N/A | 0% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 1,061 | 17 | 62.4:1 | 9% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 1,053 | 56 | 18.8:1 | 21% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 964 | 56 | 17.2:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 54 | 17.4:1 | 22% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 15% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | 49 | 17.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON.
About IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of WESTON, Florida. Federal data show 1,093 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 81% larger than average.
The district for IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is BROWARD, with 325 schools and 243,591 students.
Roughly 83% of students at IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 9% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of Broward County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 0%. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
After adjusting for student poverty, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.8%; the prediction is 81.0%.
In the surrounding county, Broward County, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON, Broward County has 338 public schools.
GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is one of the charter schools in Florida.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,093, compared with 964 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
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Other schools in WESTON
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 2,096 students
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,308 students
- GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,156 students
- EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,139 students
- MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 978 students
Nearby schools
- GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,156
- EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,139
- INDIAN TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 667
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,308
- COUNTRY ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 773
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTONHow many students attend IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON?
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON enrolls approximately 1,093 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON serve?
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON have?
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the student diversity at IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON?
Student demographics at IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON are roughly 9% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON in?
IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.