SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in MIRAMAR, Florida, part of BROWARD. Current enrollment sits at 657 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 16% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household earnings sit near $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 75.8%.

SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 29%, going from 926 students in 2018 to 657 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 20% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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