SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY

SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, run under BROWARD, with 353 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%); the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Broward County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 353). Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 9% across the same window.

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