STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized secondary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL educates 1,286 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by BROWARD. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 1,035.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 62%; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 4% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: RIVERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 6%, going from 1,361 students in 2018 to 1,286 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 22% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

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