PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in PARKLAND, Florida, part of BROWARD, with 981 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 604.

BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Broward County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.1%; this one delivers 79.3%.

In the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HERON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,171 (now 981). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 61% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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