NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3951 NE 16TH AVE, in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school that hosts 678 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by BROWARD.

BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 16% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 45.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

SOMERSET PINES ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 785 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 31% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.