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POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the intimate elementary campuss in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, operated by BROWARD, with 462 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 604.
Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Broward County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.9%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 23% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Broward County at a glance
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