RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PARKLAND, Florida, RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sprawling elementary school, operated by BROWARD. It instructs 993 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 64% above that benchmark.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Broward County shows 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%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SLAM BOCA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 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), RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 997 students in 2018 compared to 993 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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