SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 502 N 28TH AVE, in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL is a rural-scale elementary-level community that enrolls 222 students (grades K through 5), run under BROWARD. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 604.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 33% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 79.6%; SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL posts 34.6%, -45.0 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PARAGON ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 222). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 40% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.