Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000190
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3250 NW 12TH PL, LAUDERHILL, FL 33311 · (754) 322-6600 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
298 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
16%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
47.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.4pp 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 55 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 50.0% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 399 | 74.7% | 49.0% |
| SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY FORT LAUDERDALE | 353 | 73.4% | 51.5% |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMY LAUDERHILL | 385 | 77.7% | 44.8% |
| DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 391 | 73.4% | 49.1% |
| WEST OAKS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 494 | 75.5% | 43.5% |
| ANDREW A. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 459 | 76.9% | 44.2% |
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 LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,382 of 2,136 | #136 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,307 of 2,149 ▲ 67 | #139 of 191 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,446 of 2,149 ▲ 215 | #145 of 191 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,769 of 2,267 | #148 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #849 of 2,077 | #20 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #1,986 of 2,108 | #175 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #288 of 2,188 | #15 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,353 of 1,374 | #153 of 157 |
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
399
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 399 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 75% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 84% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 96% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 92% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 97% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 95% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 51 | 18.3:1 | 98% (913) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 39 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in LAUDERHILL, Florida, as a small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 399 students. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 34% smaller than that.
BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students in 325 schools, including LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 91% Black. Next come 7% Hispanic. The county population is about 28% Black. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.3:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 75%. The rate at public schools in Broward County averages 38%, lower than here.
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 43.7% and the result is 49.0%.
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Broward County, where the median household income is $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Broward County has 337 other public schools.
WINGATE OAKS CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 49.0% is above the 43.8% average for nearby schools.
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment climbed 4% from its 2020-21 level of 383.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 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
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- WINGATE OAKS CENTER0.1 mi · 90
- EAGLES NEST CHARTER ACADEMY0.5 mi · 320
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- DILLARD 6-120.9 mi · 1,998
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 883
- DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
Is LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 7% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.