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ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY
Set in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY is a reasonably sized elementary school, overseen by BROWARD. It serves 523 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY shows that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 49% Hispanic. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 62% 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 above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 38.1%.
Zooming out to the county, Broward County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).
SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.6%.
ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 523). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 37% to 49%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for ROBERT C. MARKHAM ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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