LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3250 NW 12TH PL, in LAUDERHILL, Florida, LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact K-5 school that educates 399 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under BROWARD. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

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

In terms of who attends, LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Broward County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 49.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Broward County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WINGATE OAKS CENTER, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.8%.

LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 401 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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