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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000235
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY
3521 DAVIE RD, DAVIE, FL 33314 · (754) 323-6600 · Broward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
346 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
50%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
63.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
72.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 72.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 68.8% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY this school | 731 | 47.3% | 61.2% |
| NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEM DAVIE | 747 | 44.8% | 63.3% |
| SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 878 | 50.8% | 59.3% |
| PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 776 | 49.0% | 52.1% |
| ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 787 | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 705 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
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 NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #811 of 2,136 | #82 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #560 of 2,149 ▲ 19 | #59 of 191 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #665 of 2,149 ▲ 204 | #75 of 191 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #615 of 2,267 | #47 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #1,902 of 2,077 | #141 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #1,364 of 2,108 | #128 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #1,382 of 2,188 | #102 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #1,182 of 1,374 | #137 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
731
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 949
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 731 | 37.5 | 19.5:1 | 47% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 44.5 | 17.3:1 | 56% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 769 | 44.5 | 17.3:1 | 72% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 45 | 16.9:1 | 71% (540) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 71% (545) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 63% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 54% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 968 | 48 | 20.2:1 | 29% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 949 | 51 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY.
About NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY
As a medium-sized elementary school, NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY serves students in DAVIE, Florida. The school reports 731 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% larger than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY is one school in a 325-school district, BROWARD, which enrolls 243,591 students.
At 68%, Black students outnumber all other groups at NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY combined. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County residents are about 28% Black. NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY in 2024-25, for a ratio of 19.5:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The lunch program counts 47% of students at NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Broward County averages 38%, lower than here.
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Florida, NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 61.2% actual against a predicted 57.5%.
Census estimates describe Broward County this way: median household income is about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 338 public schools in Broward County, with a combined enrollment of about 244,502.
The next-closest public school is SOMERSET ACADEMY DAVIE CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY at 5th of 7.
The federal government classifies NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY's location as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 731, 4% below the 761 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 19.5:1, from 16.9:1.
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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 DAVIE
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- NOVA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,420 students
- INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,833 students
- NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,294 students
- FOX TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,099 students
- SILVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 849 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY DAVIE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 150
- NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEM0.1 mi · 747
- NOVA HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,420
- NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,294
- COLLEGE ACADEMY AT BROWARD COLLEGE0.3 mi · 487
- DAVIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARYHow large is NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY?
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 731 students in grades KG-05.
Is NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY?
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 8% White, 15% Hispanic, 68% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY in?
NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.