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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003816
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18400 SW 25TH ST, MIRAMAR, FL 33029 · (754) 323-7650 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
165 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 59 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
69%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 74.5% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 657 | 25.1% | 72.4% |
| TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 610 | 25.1% | 77.9% |
| CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 800 | 31.1% | 74.3% |
| EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 743 | 20.9% | 70.8% |
| BAY LAKE ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 680 | 20.3% | 65.6% |
| VILLAGE PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 597 | 22.1% | 69.5% |
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 SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #373 of 2,136 | #40 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #317 of 2,149 ▲ 74 | #40 of 191 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #309 of 2,149 ▲ 34 | #35 of 191 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #844 of 2,267 | #64 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,634 of 2,077 | #101 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #277 of 2,108 | #18 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #1,910 of 2,188 | #156 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #217 of 1,374 | #41 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
657
-157 (-19%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 1,031
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 657 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 25% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 32% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 38% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 814 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 29% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 926 | 59 | 15.7:1 | 33% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 801 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 35% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 1,031 | 62 | 16.6:1 | 23% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in MIRAMAR, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 657 students.
BROWARD has a total of 325 schools and 243,591 students, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 25% Black, 16% White, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Broward County's population at about 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
A staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.8:1. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. The average for public schools in Broward County is 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Florida public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 72.4%. Predicted: 68.6%.
For the population of Broward County, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Broward County, 338 public schools serve about 244,502 students.
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 72.4% versus a 75.8% average.
Locale data from NCES put SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 657, down from 814 in 2020-21.
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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
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- 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 MIRAMAR
- EVERGLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,950 students
- GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,030 students
- HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTERCombined · 1,014 students
- NEW RENAISSANCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 965 students
- SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 878 students
Nearby schools
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,353
- SILVER LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 327
- THE PEMBROKE PINES FLORIDA1.5 mi · 710
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINES1.5 mi · 1,367
- EVERGLADES HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,973
- DOLPHIN BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 657 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 16% White, 46% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.