LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PEMBROKE PARK, Florida, LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within BROWARD. It instructs 555 students across grades pre-K through 5.

LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that serves 243,591 students overall.

On demographics, LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 35% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 50.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 703 students in 2018 compared to 555 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 67% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.