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Enrollment
979
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000284
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12405 ROYAL PALM BLVD, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33065 · (754) 322-8900 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
345 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 | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 178 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 190 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 193 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (193).
Student demographics
71%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
74.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.3% | 66.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 979 | 35.2% | 68.9% |
| WINSTON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 945 | 32.0% | 62.0% |
| SAWGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUNRISE | 858 | 30.1% | 71.4% |
| TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 919 | 33.9% | 61.1% |
| HAGEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 745 | 36.0% | 62.5% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY- PALM BEACH GARDENS PALM BEACH GARDENS | 963 | 38.6% | 64.3% |
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 WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #506 of 2,136 | #55 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #710 of 2,149 ▼ 10 | #77 of 191 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #310 of 2,149 ▲ 66 | #36 of 191 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 979 | #212 of 2,267 | #20 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,914 of 2,077 | #146 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #156 of 2,108 | #8 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #1,693 of 2,188 | #129 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #568 of 1,374 | #80 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
979
-92 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,072
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 979 | 50 | 19.6:1 | 35% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 1,057 | 54 | 19.6:1 | 40% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 1,123 | 57 | 19.7:1 | 59% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 1,071 | 57 | 18.8:1 | 46% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 1,197 | 68 | 17.6:1 | 54% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 1,210 | 69 | 17.5:1 | 48% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 1,159 | 72 | 16.1:1 | 39% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 1,206 | 58 | 20.8:1 | 14% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 1,072 | 49 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 979 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
The 325 schools of BROWARD, including WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 243,591 students.
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 39%. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 21% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 50 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%.
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Broward County has about 1,977,129 residents, and median household income is about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Broward County number 338 and enroll about 244,502.
The closest public school, CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 1,071 students in 2020-21 and 979 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 CORAL SPRINGS
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
- CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,756 students
- WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,646 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CORAL SPRINGSElementary · 1,515 students
Other Westchester Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Westchester Elementary. WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Westchester ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 662 students
- WESTCHESTER ELEM.KIRKWOOD, MO · 572 students
- Westchester Elementary SchoolDecatur, GA · 174 students
Nearby schools
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,843
- SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 946
- CORAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 370
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 713
- ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS ACADEMY A2.0 mi · 204
- ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 979 students in grades PK-05.
Is WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 21% White, 39% Hispanic, 30% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.