LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, overseen by BROWARD. Current enrollment sits at 500 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that hosts 243,591 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Black, 9% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.6%, the actual is 74.9%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Broward County put the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 35%, going from 774 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 27% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.