NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment primary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 403 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by BROWARD. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.6%; this one delivers 50.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate 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%. NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

The closest other public school is BROWARD DETENTION CENTER, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 13%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 94% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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