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SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1701 SW 160TH AVE, MIRAMAR, FL 33027 · (754) 323-7550 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Florida public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
116 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5917%
Kindergarten3611%
Grade 14914%
Grade 25115%
Grade 35115%
Grade 44714%
Grade 54614%

This year's kindergarten class (36) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).

Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
288%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
15245%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
13038%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
206%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
93%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
18354%
Female
15646%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
65.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2565.9%64.5%
2023-2456.1%66.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school33934.2%60.5%
CORAL COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIRAMAR
41730.9%72.1%
SILVER LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIRAMAR
32738.5%71.5%
SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PEMBROKE PINES
45033.1%70.6%
DOLPHIN BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIRAMAR
54434.4%72.8%
CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CORAL SPRINGS
46331.7%61.7%
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 SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Broward County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
60.5%#841 of 2,136#85 of 189
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
64.5%#891 of 2,149
▼ 203
#95 of 191
▼ 27
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
65.9%#591 of 2,149
▲ 297
#70 of 191
▲ 20
Enrollment
ranked largest first
339#1,915 of 2,267#162 of 199
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.7:1#35 of 2,077#1 of 166
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
64.1%#627 of 2,108#40 of 181
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
34.2%#1,715 of 2,188#132 of 190
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-28.2%#241 of 1,374#45 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 2024-25
Enrollment
339
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253392911.7:134% (116)
2023-243723112.0:142% (157)
2022-233602812.9:155% (199)
2020-213292911.3:152% (172)
2017-184723513.5:154% (254)
2015-165013813.2:145% (226)
2010-116754216.1:132% (214)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

This page covers SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school in MIRAMAR, Florida. It had 339 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.

BROWARD counts 243,591 students in its 325 schools, and SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.

Of every 100 students at SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 45 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 38% Black, 8% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Broward County is roughly 33% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.

For every teacher at SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 11.7 students; the school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. There are 116 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 34% of enrollment.

Among Florida public elementary schools, SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

In Florida, SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.5% actual against a predicted 64.0%.

In Broward County, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Broward County, 338 public schools serve about 244,502 students.

A public school about 1.1 miles away, DOLPHIN BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

A 3% rise took enrollment from 329 in 2020-21 to 339 in 2024-25.

This page is set up for the SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Broward County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
BROWARD
Address
1701 SW 160TH AVE, MIRAMAR, FL 33027
Phone
(754) 323-7550
County
Broward County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
339
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
11.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
116 (34%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120018003814
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 8% White, 45% Hispanic, 38% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SILVER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
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