WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL

WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of reasonably sized scale in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, part of BROWARD, educateing 691 students in grades 6 through 8.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 65.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Broward County put the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

The closest other public school is CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.7%.

WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 39%: 1,130 students in 2018 compared to 691 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 17% to 9% across the same window.

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