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Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000166
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2400 MEADE ST, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33020 · (754) 323-4900 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
227 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
47%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
47.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 48.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 319 | 71.2% | 45.8% |
| BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD MIAMI | 295 | 73.2% | 61.1% |
| NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 310 | 72.9% | 53.0% |
| LILLIE C. EVANS K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 269 | 73.2% | 47.0% |
| LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE PARK | 389 | 72.2% | 45.1% |
| HYDE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 272 | 70.2% | 30.9% |
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 MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,539 of 2,136 | #149 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #1,119 of 2,149 ▲ 370 | #118 of 191 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #1,415 of 2,149 ▲ 319 | #140 of 191 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,948 of 2,267 | #166 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #40 of 2,077 | #2 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #1,480 of 2,108 | #139 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #412 of 2,188 | #20 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.0% | #74 of 1,374 | #11 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
319
-90 (-22%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 319 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 71% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 78% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 90% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 88% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 96% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 96% (654) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 93% (638) |
| 2000-01 | 1,024 | 58 | 17.7:1 | 78% (800) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 51 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, is MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. School enrollment was 319 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by BROWARD, whose 325 schools enroll 243,591 students.
At 69%, Black students outnumber all other groups at MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Broward County, the Black share is about 28%. MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 11.8:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 71%. Among public schools in Broward County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Broward County show that median household income is about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County, which together enroll about 244,502 students.
The shortest distance from MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students dropped from 409 to 319 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.6 in 2020-21.
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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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- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,143 students
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- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARDHigh · 1,122 students
Nearby schools
- ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 632
- DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 464
- COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 252
- OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 602
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,358
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY FOUNDATION K81.4 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 22% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
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