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What's the one class at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000260
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1951 NW 56TH AVE, LAUDERHILL, FL 33313 · (754) 322-8350 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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
18.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
536 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (142).
Student demographics
14%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
45.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What 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 47 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 40.0% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 704 | 76.1% | 40.7% |
| RUTLEDGE H. PEARSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 758 | 75.5% | 44.3% |
| DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 556 | 73.9% | 40.4% |
| HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 619 | 73.7% | 44.2% |
| PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 671 | 74.8% | 41.5% |
| NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 614 | 78.2% | 37.4% |
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 ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,778 of 2,136 | #177 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,686 of 2,149 ▲ 139 | #174 of 191 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,525 of 2,149 ▲ 474 | #153 of 191 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #689 of 2,267 | #53 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,765 of 2,077 | #118 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #1,999 of 2,108 | #177 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #252 of 2,188 | #14 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #617 of 1,374 | #88 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
704
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 704 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 76% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 80% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 36 | 20.7:1 | 88% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 87% (645) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 96% (814) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 58 | 14.6:1 | 95% (801) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 96% (735) |
| 2000-01 | 1,114 | 56 | 19.9:1 | 98% (1,095) |
| 1990-91 | 823 | 40 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in LAUDERHILL, Florida, (ZIP code 33313). The student body numbers 704 students, from pre-K through 5.
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within BROWARD, which has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
The student body at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 92% Black. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of Broward County, the Black share is about 28%. The school's diversity index is 14%, meaning two students picked at random have a 14% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 18.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 18.5:1 here. ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 76%. On average, public schools in Broward County report 38%.
allk12 grades ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.7%; the prediction is 43.0%.
Across Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Broward County has 338 public schools and roughly 244,502 students.
Nearest public school: LAUDERHILL 6-12, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL dropped 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 742 to 704 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.3:1 to 18.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 LAUDERHILL
- PIPER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- LAUDERHILL 6-12High · 716 students
- CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMYElementary · 385 students
Other Royal Palm Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Royal Palm Elementary. ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 514 students
Nearby schools
- LAUDERHILL 6-120.6 mi · 716
- ENDEAVOUR PRIMARY LEARNING CENTER0.6 mi · 317
- LAUDERHILL PAUL TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 590
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 654
- PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,696
- CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.