PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, part of BROWARD, caters to 713 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 17% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,633, 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), PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 16%, going from 848 students in 2018 to 713 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 38% to 44%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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