LAUDERHILL 6-12

LAUDERHILL 6-12 is one of the tight-knit high schools in LAUDERHILL, Florida, one of the schools within BROWARD, with 716 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 31% leaner than typical.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, LAUDERHILL 6-12 is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LAUDERHILL 6-12 reports that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting LAUDERHILL 6-12 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at LAUDERHILL 6-12 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Broward County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, LAUDERHILL 6-12 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 41.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household earnings sit near $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), LAUDERHILL 6-12 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAUDERHILL PAUL TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAUDERHILL 6-12 ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. LAUDERHILL 6-12's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 875 (now 716). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 94% to 89% over that span.

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