PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary campus in PLANTATION, Florida, overseen by BROWARD. The school serves 504 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% 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 noticeably above Broward County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.2%.

In the surrounding community, 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 roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 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), PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 504). The Black share of enrollment edged up from 43% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.