SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment primary school, one of the schools within BROWARD. It teaches 413 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Broward County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,633, 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 SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.6%.

SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 413). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 6% to 16%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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