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What's something ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018004051
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2350 NW 19TH ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33311 · (754) 322-8300 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
323 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
23%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
47.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 39.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
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 ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 468 | 69.0% | 42.3% |
| SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 413 | 68.5% | 55.5% |
| WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 451 | 67.6% | 54.9% |
| NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 430 | 65.8% | 53.9% |
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 543 | 66.1% | 43.9% |
| ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 450 | 65.1% | 53.4% |
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 ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,705 of 2,136 | #168 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,330 of 2,149 ▲ 498 | #144 of 191 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,439 of 2,149 ▲ 255 | #143 of 191 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #1,539 of 2,267 | #119 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,798 of 2,077 | #125 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #1,936 of 2,108 | #170 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #497 of 2,188 | #25 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #710 of 1,374 | #100 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
468
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 69% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 76% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 28.6 | 15.9:1 | 91% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 83% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 97% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 98% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 94% (640) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, as a low-enrollment elementary school. Its enrollment is 468 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
BROWARD has 243,591 students in 325 schools, and ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 87 are Black. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic. Census figures show Broward County is about 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.7:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 69%. Public schools in Broward County average 38%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 46.6% for a school in Florida with ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 42.3%.
The county, Broward County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,633 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Broward County has 338 public schools with about 244,502 students, including ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND SERVICES, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 508 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 468 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 18.7 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 students
- NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,566 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
Other Rock Island Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rock Island Elementary. ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Rock Island ElementaryRock Island, WA · 288 students
Nearby schools
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND SERVICES0.1 mi · 13
- WILLIAM DANDY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 620
- DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 556
- DILLARD 6-120.7 mi · 1,998
- SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 474
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 468 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.