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What's one thing MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000202
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2300 SW 46TH AVE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33317 · (754) 323-6500 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
386 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
44.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
47.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 3 points.
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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
693
-22 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 12.8:1
% White
7%
was 9%
% Hispanic
77%
was 75%
% Black
14%
was 14%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 693 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within BROWARD.
BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 14% Black, 7% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.3%; this one delivers 41.5%.
Around the school, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
ANN STORCK CENTER INC. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 3%, going from 715 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 students
- NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,566 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
Nearby schools
- ANN STORCK CENTER INC.0.4 mi · 19
- PINE RIDGE ALTERNATIVE CENTER0.8 mi · 39
- SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,303
- NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY1.1 mi · 110
- STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 572
- PLANTATION PARK ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 693 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 77% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.