WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER

WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER operates as a cozy unified-grade school in MIRAMAR, Florida, overseen by BROWARD. Current enrollment sits at 161 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 353.

BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER reports that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 28% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 161 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 48% to 43%. Class-load math has grew: from 5.6:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

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