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Alumni: what's one memory from PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000282
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11251 TAFT ST, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33026 · (754) 323-6950 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
235 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
86.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.7% | 86.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 86.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 627 | 37.5% | 77.8% |
| GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH NAPLES | 681 | 37.2% | 44.6% |
| NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 745 | 37.9% | 55.6% |
| CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 574 | 39.2% | 66.2% |
| WATERFORD ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 532 | 38.0% | 68.1% |
| WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 592 | 42.4% | 59.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #228 of 2,136 | #25 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #104 of 2,149 ▼ 14 | #14 of 191 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #318 of 2,149 ▼ 120 | #37 of 191 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #939 of 2,267 | #71 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,551 of 2,077 | #87 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #946 of 2,108 | #76 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,655 of 2,188 | #125 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #1,037 of 1,374 | #127 of 157 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
627
-53 (-8%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,063
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 627 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 37% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 44% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 51% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 44% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 55% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 57% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 45% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 942 | 43 | 21.9:1 | 17% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 1,063 | 49 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida. It has an enrollment of 627 students in pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 325 schools in BROWARD, with 243,591 students enrolled.
The student body at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 22% White, 16% Black, and 3% Asian. Broward County's residents are about 33% Hispanic, 25 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.4:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. There are 235 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 37% of enrollment. The figure for public schools in Broward County is close, at 38%.
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of Florida public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools: 77.8% actual against 62.4% predicted.
Looking at the county, Broward County, median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 338 public schools and about 244,502 students.
EMBASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.7 miles from PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 63.6% proficiency; PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 77.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 53 students, from 680 to 627. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in PEMBROKE PINES
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,199 students
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,168 students
- PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 2,046 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGHHigh · 1,450 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINESElementary · 1,367 students
Nearby schools
- EMBASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,156
- PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 414
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AT PINES1.3 mi · 481
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLS AT PINES1.3 mi · 761
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT COOPER CITY1.4 mi · 1,213
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY COOPER CITY1.4 mi · 1,336
Frequently asked questions
About PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 22% White, 58% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.