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Enrollment
962
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000226
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6300 NW 18TH ST, MARGATE, FL 33063 · (754) 322-6900 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL962 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
458 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 66 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 169 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
67%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
61.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
69.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 63.0% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 962 | 47.6% | 61.2% |
| BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUN CITY CENTER | 776 | 50.5% | 45.5% |
| APOPKA ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 847 | 49.5% | 54.2% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTSIDE JACKSONVILLE | 938 | 51.3% | 34.3% |
| SUMMERFIELD CROSSINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 797 | 49.9% | 39.9% |
| CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 871 | 46.2% | 58.8% |
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 MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #809 of 2,136 | #81 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #665 of 2,149 ▲ 154 | #72 of 191 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #773 of 2,149 ▲ 178 | #83 of 191 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 962 | #231 of 2,267 | #22 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,292 of 2,077 | #47 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #397 of 2,108 | #23 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #1,370 of 2,188 | #101 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #1,022 of 1,374 | #125 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
962
-51 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 885
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 962 | 58 | 16.6:1 | 48% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 1,054 | 61 | 17.3:1 | 54% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 1,023 | 60 | 17.1:1 | 68% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 1,013 | 57 | 17.8:1 | 67% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 1,050 | 68 | 15.4:1 | 74% (774) |
| 2015-16 | 1,024 | 59 | 17.4:1 | 69% (709) |
| 2010-11 | 1,087 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 59% (643) |
| 2000-01 | 1,213 | 53 | 22.9:1 | 30% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 885 | 39 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school located in MARGATE, Florida. A total of 962 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 59% bigger than average.
BROWARD has 325 schools; together they serve 243,591 students.
Black students form the largest group at MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 45% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 16% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Broward County overall, about 28% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. About 48% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Broward County is 10 points.
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (61.2% versus 57.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Census Bureau estimates for Broward County show that median household income is about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County, which together enroll about 244,502 students.
The nearest public school is WEST BROWARD ACADEMY, at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 1,013 students to 962. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2020-21 to 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in MARGATE
- MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 927 students
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMYElementary · 770 students
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
- ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGEHigh · 680 students
- ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 579 students
- SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARDHigh · 353 students
Nearby schools
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMY0.8 mi · 770
- ASCEND CAREER ACADEMY0.8 mi · 215
- MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 927
- SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARD1.0 mi · 353
- ALPHABET LAND-MARGATE1.1 mi · 11
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 962 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 16% White, 31% Hispanic, 45% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MARGATE 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.