WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community, operated by BROWARD. It serves 451 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.

WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that works with 243,591 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 80%; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Broward County put median household earnings sit near $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

RIVERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 673 (now 451). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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