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Enrollment
878
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002720
SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9600 MIRAMAR BLVD, MIRAMAR, FL 33025 · (754) 323-7250 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
446 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
49%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
59.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
66.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 64.4% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 878 | 50.8% | 59.3% |
| NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY DAVIE | 731 | 47.3% | 61.2% |
| NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEM DAVIE | 747 | 44.8% | 63.3% |
| PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 776 | 49.0% | 52.1% |
| ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 787 | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 705 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
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 SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #902 of 2,136 | #89 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #814 of 2,149 ▼ 51 | #87 of 191 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #870 of 2,149 ▼ 101 | #89 of 191 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #336 of 2,267 | #29 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,744 of 2,077 | #115 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #1,421 of 2,108 | #135 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #1,272 of 2,188 | #91 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,313 of 1,374 | #151 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
878
+73 (+9%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,106
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 878 | 48 | 18.3:1 | 51% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 888 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 58% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 76% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 805 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 73% (591) |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 84% (745) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 84% (722) |
| 2010-11 | 918 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 75% (691) |
| 2000-01 | 1,092 | 46 | 23.7:1 | 36% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 1,106 | 41 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIRAMAR, Florida, is home to SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 878 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
BROWARD has 325 schools; together they serve 243,591 students.
At SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 67% of students are Black. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic and 6% Asian. Census figures show Broward County is about 28% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 49%.
Its staff includes 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.3 students per teacher. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 51% of students at SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 55.7%. It scores 59.3%, 3.6 points above that figure.
In the wider Broward County area, median household income comes to about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Broward County counts 338 public schools with about 244,502 students.
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MIRAMAR CAMPUS sits about 0.6 miles from SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment increased 9% over 4 years, reaching 878 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.1:1 to 18.3:1.
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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
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 MIRAMAR
- EVERGLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,950 students
- GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,030 students
- HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTERCombined · 1,014 students
- NEW RENAISSANCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 965 students
- SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MIRAMAR CAMPUS0.6 mi · 325
- SOMERSET NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL0.6 mi · 467
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 363
- NEW RENAISSANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 965
- PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,046
- MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,950
Frequently asked questions
About SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 878 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 67% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEA CASTLE 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.