Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000180
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3520 SW 52ND AVE, PEMBROKE PARK, FL 33023 · (754) 323-7800 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
14.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
246 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
46%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
41.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 42.9% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 390 | 63.1% | 41.6% |
| TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY MIAMI | 382 | 65.7% | 45.5% |
| MIRAMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 380 | 57.9% | 58.4% |
| NATURAL BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 349 | 59.9% | 55.3% |
| ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 458 | 66.2% | 45.9% |
| POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 462 | 62.1% | 47.9% |
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 WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #1,737 of 2,136 | #172 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,600 of 2,149 ▲ 120 | #166 of 191 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,701 of 2,149 ▲ 271 | #175 of 191 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,789 of 2,267 | #150 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #476 of 2,077 | #7 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,526 of 2,108 | #140 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #790 of 2,188 | #39 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #178 of 1,374 | #33 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
390
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 390 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 63% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 26.7 | 14.9:1 | 69% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 26.7 | 14.9:1 | 86% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 84% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 87% (491) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 95% (638) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 92% (700) |
| 2000-01 | 965 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 65% (629) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in PEMBROKE PARK, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 390 students. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.
BROWARD, which runs WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
The share of Black students at WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 68%, a majority. The school is also 27% Hispanic and 4% White. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Broward County residents. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 63% at WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.6% actual, 49.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In Broward County, home to about 1,977,129 people, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Broward County number 338, with about 244,502 students.
Measured in a straight line, LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 432 to 390.
The discussion board for WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
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Other Watkins Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Watkins Elementary. WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Watkins Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 278 students
- WATKINS ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 252 students
- WATKINS ELEMENTARYWATKINS, MN · 60 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 555
- ANDOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 379
- SOMERSET ACADEMY EAST PREPARATORY1.3 mi · 167
- DR. MICHAEL M. KROP SENIOR HIGH1.4 mi · 2,165
- IPREP ACADEMY NORTH1.5 mi · 522
- MADIE IVES K-8 PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.5 mi · 1,083
Frequently asked questions
About WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 27% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.