PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, overseen by BROWARD. The school educates 627 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White, 16% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 77.8%, a residual of +15.4 points.

In the area at large, Broward County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

The closest other public school is EMBASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 8%, going from 682 students in 2018 to 627 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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