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What's the biggest difference between NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000184
NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3951 NE 16TH AVE, POMPANO BEACH, FL 33064 · (754) 322-7250 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- DBeats 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
18.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
350 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 49 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
64%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
44.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 49.3% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 678 | 51.6% | 45.1% |
| GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROVELAND | 683 | 50.8% | 36.2% |
| ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY ZELLWOOD | 564 | 51.6% | 52.2% |
| DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 572 | 53.5% | 41.4% |
| DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 674 | 55.6% | 53.2% |
| CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 670 | 51.3% | 61.5% |
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 NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,578 of 2,136 | #154 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,523 of 2,149 ▼ 111 | #161 of 191 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,588 of 2,149 ▼ 33 | #161 of 191 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #786 of 2,267 | #58 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,749 of 2,077 | #116 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #635 of 2,108 | #42 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #1,230 of 2,188 | #86 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #763 of 1,374 | #108 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
678
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 678 | 37 | 18.3:1 | 52% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 57% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 71% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 66% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 79% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 72% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 55 | 14.7:1 | 60% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 831 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 46% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 29 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, one of the schools in BROWARD. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 678 students in 2024-25.
The BROWARD system has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
The student body at NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 48%. Enrollment also includes 32% Black, 16% White, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 15 points above the 33% share among Broward County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 18.3:1, based on 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is lower. NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Broward County is 38%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Broward County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Broward County number 338, with about 244,502 students.
SOMERSET PINES ACADEMY is the nearest public school to NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 678, starting from 691. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.4:1 to 18.3:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- 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 POMPANO BEACH
- BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,877 students
- POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,322 students
- POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,087 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 925 students
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- TEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET PINES ACADEMY0.8 mi · 447
- PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 549
- CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 925
- DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,120
- TEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 597
- BRIGHT HORIZONS1.4 mi · 152
Frequently asked questions
About NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-05.
Is NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 48% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NORCREST 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.