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PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, operated by BROWARD. The school serves 801 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that educates 243,591 students overall.
On demographics, PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Broward County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 31% of students at PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.3%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Broward County put the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: FOREST GLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 962 (now 801). The White share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.
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