ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 667 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by BROWARD.

ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that works with 243,591 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic, 6% White. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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, ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Broward County shows 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%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION AT HOLLYWOOD, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ORANGE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 3%, going from 687 students in 2018 to 667 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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