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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
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
326 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
10%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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 408 | 79.9% | 39.6% |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMY LAUDERHILL | 385 | 77.7% | 44.8% |
| CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 461 | 78.5% | 40.1% |
| STEWART STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QUINCY | 453 | 84.1% | 28.0% |
| ANDREW A. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 459 | 76.9% | 44.2% |
| LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 399 | 74.7% | 49.0% |
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 WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,828 of 2,136 | #180 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,370 of 2,149 ▲ 7 | #147 of 191 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,554 of 2,149 ▲ 508 | #156 of 191 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #1,744 of 2,267 | #144 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,428 of 2,077 | #70 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #2,027 of 2,108 | #181 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #151 of 2,188 | #11 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.1% | #29 of 1,374 | #3 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
408
-346 (-46%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 80% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 85% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 92% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 754 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 91% (684) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 98% (755) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 97% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 94% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 947 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 81% (767) |
| 1990-91 | 970 | 60 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A low-enrollment elementary school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD. A federal count lists 408 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
BROWARD oversees WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 324 other schools, with 243,591 students in total.
Black students make up 95% of enrollment at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all Broward County residents. WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.0:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida fairly closely. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.6% versus 41.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
According to the American Community Survey, in Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in the county.
Nearby, NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Mid-size.
Federal data put enrollment at 754 in 2020-21 and 408 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
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- 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
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- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
Other Walker Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Walker Elementary. WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 12.
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 875 students
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHULUOTA, FL · 611 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 984 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolNorthport, AL · 743 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolWalker, LA · 623 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.