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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000164
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1001 NW 4TH ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33311 · (754) 322-8800 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
326 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
44.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +17.8pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
408
-363 (-47%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.1:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
95%
was 94%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of compact scale in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, run under BROWARD, enrolling 408 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 32% below that benchmark.
Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 39.6%, a residual of -1.5 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).
Nearest neighbor: NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 47%: 771 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025.
On this page, members of the WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 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
- NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 403
- SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY0.7 mi · 353
- SANDRA MARIE CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 384
- BROWARD DETENTION CENTER0.9 mi · 78
- THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 288
- NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
Is WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WALKER 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.