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Enrollment
858
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000194
SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12655 NW 8TH ST, SUNRISE, FL 33325 · (754) 322-8500 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
258 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 158 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
70%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
68.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 72.4% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 858 | 30.1% | 71.4% |
| WINSTON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 945 | 32.0% | 62.0% |
| WESTPOINTE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 683 | 32.1% | 61.1% |
| RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE RIVERVIEW | 1,059 | 27.6% | 71.8% |
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 791 | 31.9% | 61.8% |
| TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 919 | 33.9% | 61.1% |
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 SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #404 of 2,136 | #45 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #383 of 2,149 ▲ 71 | #49 of 191 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #487 of 2,149 ▼ 49 | #57 of 191 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #360 of 2,267 | #30 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,468 of 2,077 | #78 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #238 of 2,108 | #14 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #1,816 of 2,188 | #146 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #394 of 1,374 | #61 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
858
-109 (-11%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 1,043
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 858 | 50 | 17.2:1 | 30% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 877 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 37% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 57% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 967 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 45% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 1,107 | 75 | 14.8:1 | 52% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 1,026 | 69 | 14.9:1 | 51% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 958 | 64 | 15.0:1 | 45% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 1,043 | 49 | 21.3:1 | 22% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in SUNRISE, Florida, is SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 858 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
BROWARD has 243,591 students in 325 schools, and SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 42%. The next largest groups are 25% Black, 24% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Broward County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 50 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.2:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. That is 8 points below the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.4%, compared with a predicted 66.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Broward County is home to 338 public schools and about 244,502 public school students.
The closest other public school is CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.9 miles away. SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 64.8% on proficiency, and SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 71.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 967 students, to 2024-25, when it had 858. Students per teacher rose from 15.8 in 2020-21 to 17.2 in 2024-25.
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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
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Nearby schools
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 800
- FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 642
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 3,510
- NOB HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 510
- INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 1,833
- ATLANTIC MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL WEST CAMPUS3.0 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 858 students in grades PK-05.
Is SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 24% White, 42% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.