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Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000189
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY
919 NW 13TH TER, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33311 · (754) 322-8550 · Broward County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+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
16.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
259 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
Student demographics
19%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY→PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BROWARD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +27.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 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 are up about 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY this school | 353 | 73.4% | 51.5% |
| DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 391 | 73.4% | 49.1% |
| LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 399 | 74.7% | 49.0% |
| SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 366 | 71.3% | 35.1% |
| ENDEAVOUR PRIMARY LEARNING CENTER LAUDERHILL | 317 | 69.4% | 58.3% |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMY LAUDERHILL | 385 | 77.7% | 44.8% |
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 SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,259 of 2,136 | #121 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #827 of 2,149 ▲ 415 | #88 of 191 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #977 of 2,149 ▲ 1,024 | #101 of 191 ▲ 87 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,880 of 2,267 | #159 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,379 of 2,077 | #62 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #1,966 of 2,108 | #173 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #333 of 2,188 | #18 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #294 of 1,374 | #51 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
353
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 73% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 25.5 | 17.3:1 | 81% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 91% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 92% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 97% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 96% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 99% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 91% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 34 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY.
About SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY, located in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, is a small elementary school. The school reports 353 students in pre-K through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
Across its 325 schools, BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students. SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is 90% Black. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic. Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 21 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY was 16.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 73%. Public schools in Broward County average 38%.
The allk12 Grade for SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is B-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (51.5%) and its predicted rate (44.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Census estimates describe Broward County this way: the median household income is $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY, Broward County has 337 other public schools.
THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY's average proficiency of 51.5% compares with 43.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY as City: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 37 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.6:1 to 16.8:1.
Community posts for SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 students
- NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,566 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
Nearby schools
- THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 288
- SANDRA MARIE CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 384
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 408
- DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 556
- NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 403
- DILLARD 6-121.0 mi · 1,998
Frequently asked questions
About SUNLAND PARK ACADEMYHow many students attend SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY?
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY serve?
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is approximately 16.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY?
At SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY?
SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.