NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, part of BROWARD, teacheing 266 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that educates 243,591 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (82%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Broward County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SANDRA MARIE CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.6%.

NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 39%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 6% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.