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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002984
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1209 NW 155TH AVE, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33028 · (754) 323-7450 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
15.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
149 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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
66%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
72.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 71.1% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 450 | 33.1% | 70.6% |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 500 | 37.0% | 74.9% |
| CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 463 | 31.7% | 61.7% |
| DOLPHIN BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 544 | 34.4% | 72.8% |
| CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 417 | 30.9% | 72.1% |
| VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL MIAMI | 586 | 33.6% | 70.5% |
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 SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #440 of 2,136 | #52 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #423 of 2,149 ▲ 77 | #51 of 191 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #349 of 2,149 ▲ 4 | #46 of 191 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #1,611 of 2,267 | #128 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #912 of 2,077 | #24 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #475 of 2,108 | #31 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #1,747 of 2,188 | #136 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #237 of 1,374 | #44 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
450
-83 (-16%) vs 2020
-68% since 2000-01, when it was 1,428
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 33% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 39% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 46% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 43% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 39% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 824 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 25% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 1,428 | 64 | 22.3:1 | 12% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida. A federal count lists 450 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
Enrollment across the 325 schools in BROWARD totals 243,591 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 49%. Enrollment also includes 26% Black, 17% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Broward County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.5 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 33% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.6% is 6.0 points above the 64.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Broward County show that the median household income is $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 338 public schools in Broward County, enrolling about 244,502 students in all.
The next-closest public school is LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 70.6% is above the 68.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 16% enrollment decrease, from 533 in 2020-21 to 450 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SILVER PALMS 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 PEMBROKE PINES
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,199 students
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,168 students
- PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 2,046 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGHHigh · 1,450 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINESElementary · 1,367 students
Nearby schools
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 500
- CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,199
- GREENTREE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.7 mi · 272
- PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 330
- WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 691
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,168
Frequently asked questions
About SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 49% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SILVER PALMS 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.