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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018008489
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL
600 SW 3RD ST, POMPANO BEACH, FL 33060 · (954) 715-1777 · Broward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
208 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
41%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
47.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.3% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 48.3% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 406 | 51.2% | 43.1% |
| WEST HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 414 | 54.6% | 42.3% |
| GOLDEN GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 528 | 54.2% | 53.3% |
| SOUTH MIAMI HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY MIAMI | 436 | 52.8% | 47.5% |
| GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 484 | 53.1% | 45.6% |
| LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 448 | 51.6% | 50.0% |
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 INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,680 of 2,136 | #165 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,786 of 2,149 ▼ 318 | #179 of 191 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,433 of 2,149 ▼ 17 | #142 of 191 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #1,749 of 2,267 | #146 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #702 of 2,077 | #15 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #1,633 of 2,108 | #147 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #1,250 of 2,188 | #88 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #366 of 621 | #11 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
406
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 51% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 58% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 64% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 60% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 88% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 83% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL.
About INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL
POMPANO BEACH, Florida, is home to INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL, a small elementary school. The school serves 406 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 33% smaller than that.
BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students in 325 schools, including INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL.
Hispanic students account for 73% of enrollment at INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 23% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Broward County is roughly 33% Hispanic. INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.0 students per teacher and 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 51%. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
The allk12 Grade for INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL is 12.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Broward County show that median household income is about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 338 public schools in Broward County, with a combined enrollment of about 244,502.
Of nearby public schools, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 43.1% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL had 435 students in 2020-21 and 406 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
Community posts for INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 POMPANO BEACH
- BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,877 students
- POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,322 students
- POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,087 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 925 students
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 733
- BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,877
- POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,087
- ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 523
- SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 413
- JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 770
Frequently asked questions
About INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL?
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL have?
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 73% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL in?
INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.