SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary-level community in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, overseen by BROWARD. The school serves 478 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 19% Black, 19% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Broward County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 53.2%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the broader community, Broward County reports that median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 32%, going from 703 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 48% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.