Central Broward News

Broward County Public Schools District's 12th-grade had the highest student enrollment per grade in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Overall, there were 21,446 students enrolled in district’s 12th-grade in the 2023-24 school year, making up 8.5% of the student body in the district.

The number of students in the 12th-grade grew by 2.1% compared to the year before.

Broward County Public Schools District also had a high enrollment for the 10th-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.

Within the district, Cypress Bay High School had the most 12th-grade students in the 2023-24 school year.

Data showed that Broward County Public Schools District enrolled a total of 251,408 students in the 2023-24 school year, the second highest enrollment in Florida.

It was also ranked second highest in the year before.

Meanwhile, Florida continues to face a teacher shortage in the 2023-24 school year. Despite some improvements, the state reported nearly 4,800 instructional vacancies at the beginning of the year. According to the Florida Department of Education, core subjects such as English, reading, and math among the areas with the highest demand for teachers.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranked 50th in the U.S. for teacher pay in the 2022-23 school year, with salaries lower than they were a decade ago when adjusted for inflation.

Governor DeSantis's budget for the 2024-25 school year allocates nearly $38 billion for education, with $1.25 billion dedicated to teachers' salaries and other instructional personnel.

Schools	Number of Students
Academic Solutions Academy a	246
Academic Solutions High School	239
Alphabet Land-Margate	11
Andrews High School	373
Annabel C. Perry PK-8	643
Apollo Middle School	1,172
Ascend Career Academy	222
Atlantic Montessori Charter School	77
Atlantic Montessori Charter School West Campus	129
Atlantic Technical College	686
Atlantic West Elementary School	607
Attucks Middle School	694
Avant Garde Academy K-5 Broward	1,089
Avant Garde Academy of Broward	1,107
Bair Middle School	736
Banyan Elementary School	420
Baudhuin Oral School-Nova University	120
Bayview Elementary School	575
Beachside Montessori Village	804
Ben Gamla Charter School	358
Ben Gamla Charter School North Campus	289
Ben Gamla Charter School South Broward	342
Bennett Elementary School	299
Blanche Ely High School	1,930
Boulevard Heights Elementary School	616
Boyd H. Anderson High School	2,162
Bridgeprep Academy of Broward K-8	131
Bridgeprep Academy of Hollywood Hills	350
Bright Horizons	149
Broadview Elementary School	697
Broward Children's Center North	20
Broward Children's Center South	20
Broward Detention Center	76
Broward Estates Elementary School	252
Broward Math and Science Schools	288
Broward Virtual Franchise	596
Broward Virtual Instruction Program	84
Broward Youth Treatment Center	38
Castle Hill Elementary School	587
Central Charter School	1,232
Central Park Elementary School	770
Challenger Elementary School	902
Championship Academy of Distinction Middle School	280
Championship Academy of Distinction at Davie	424
Championship Academy of Distinction at Hollywood	286
Chapel Trail Elementary School	642
Charles Drew Elementary School	396
Charles W. Flanagan High School	2,330
Charter School of Excellence	209
Charter School of Excellence at Davie	246
City/Pembroke Pines Charter High School	2,153
City/Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School	1,336
Coconut Creek Elementary School	469
Coconut Creek High School	1,926
Coconut Palm Elementary School	501
Colbert Elementary School	589
College Academy at Broward College	467
Collins Elementary School	254
Cooper City Elementary School	757
Cooper City High School	2,307
Coral Cove Elementary School	476
Coral Glades High School	2,744
Coral Park Elementary School	492
Coral Springs Charter School	1,743
Coral Springs High School	2,161
Coral Springs Middle School	993
Country Hills Elementary School	872
Country Isles Elementary School	816
Cresthaven Elementary School	473
Croissant Park Elementary School	653
Cross Creek School	94
Crystal Lake Middle School	926
Cypress Bay High School	4,632
Cypress Elementary School	741
Cypress Run Alternative Center	147
Dania Elementary School	435
Dave Thomas Education Center West	556
Davie Elementary School	652
Deerfield Beach Elementary School	615
Deerfield Beach High School	2,109
Deerfield Beach Middle School	1,127
Deerfield Park Elementary School	460
Dillard 6-12	2,199
Dillard Elementary School	615
Discovery Elementary School	681
Dolphin Bay Elementary School	564
Driftwood Elementary School	505
Driftwood Middle School	1,048
Eagle Point Elementary School	1,232
Eagle Ridge Elementary School	758
Eagles Nest Charter Academy	321
Eagles Nest Middle Charter School	57
Embassy Creek Elementary School	1,227
Endeavour Primary Learning Center	326
Everest Charter School	161
Everglades Elementary School	884
Everglades High School	2,033
Fairway Elementary School	527
Falcon Cove Middle School	2,199
Flamingo Elementary School	683
Floranada Elementary School	739
Forest Glen Middle School	1,020
Forest Hills Elementary School	688
Fort Lauderdale High School	2,182
Fox Trail Elementary School	1,089
Franklin Academy Cooper City	1,318
Franklin Academy F	1,034
Franklin Academy Pembroke Pines	1,395
Franklin Academy Pembroke Pines High School	1,188
Franklin Academy Sunrise	1,376
Gator Run Elementary School	1,192
Glades Middle School	1,123
Greentree Preparatory Charter School	282
Griffin Elementary School	592
Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach	1,226
Gulfstream Early Childhood Center of Excellence	132
Hallandale High School	1,067
Harbordale Elementary School	505
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School	700
Henry D. Perry Education Center	1,058
Heron Heights Elementary School	1,059
Hollywood Academy of Arts & Science	1,137
Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science Middle School	461
Hollywood Central Elementary School	321
Hollywood Hills Elementary School	665
Hollywood Hills High School	1,799
Hollywood Park Elementary School	425
Horizon Elementary School	587
Hospital Homebound Services	16
Imagine Charter School at North Lauderdale Elementary	388
Imagine Charter School at Weston	1,061
Imagine Schools Plantation Campus	427
Imagine Schools at Broward	1,061
Indian Ridge Middle School	1,954
Indian Trace Elementary School	706
Innovation Charter School	439
International School of Broward	73
International Studies Academy High School	234
International Studies Academy Middle School	301
J. P. Taravella High School	2,516
James S. Hunt Elementary School	511
James S. Rickards Middle School	762
Lake Forest Elementary School	286
Lakeside Elementary School	574
Lanier-James Education Center	127
Larkdale Elementary School	413
Lauderdale Lakes Middle School	864
Lauderhill 6-12	769
Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary School	566
Liberty Elementary School	704
Lloyd Estates Elementary School	464
Lyons Creek Middle School	1,564
Manatee Bay Elementary School	1,043
Maplewood Elementary School	548
Margate Elementary School	1,054
Margate Middle School	1,044
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School	3,280
Mary M. Bethune Elementary School	442
McArthur High School	1,879
McFatter Technical College	599
McNab Elementary School	573
McNicol Middle School	593
Meadowbrook Elementary School	869
Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy	1,371
Miramar Elementary School	415
Miramar High School	1,951
Mirror Lake Elementary School	645
Monarch High School	2,376
Morrow Elementary School	539
New Life Charter Academy	111
New Renaissance Middle School	1,038
New River Middle School	1,589
Nob Hill Elementary School	519
Norcrest Elementary School	677
North Andrews Gardens Elementary School	754
North Broward Academy of Excellence	640
North Broward Academy of Excellence Middle	356
North Fork Elementary School	413
North Side Elementary School	288
Northeast High School	1,589
Nova Blanche Forman Elementary School	768
Nova Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School	773
Nova High School	2,255
Nova Middle School	1,316
Oakland Park Elementary School	548
Oakridge Elementary School	469
Olsen Middle School	567
Orange Brook Elementary School	695
Oriole Elementary School	693
Palm Cove Elementary School	411
Palmview Elementary School	548
Panacea Prep Charter School	102
Panther Run Elementary School	365
Paragon Academy of Technology	137
Park Lakes Elementary School	943
Park Ridge Elementary School	520
Park Springs Elementary School	840
Park Trails Elementary School	1,025
Parkside Elementary School	729
Parkway Middle School	1,084
Pasadena Lakes Elementary School	492
Pembroke Lakes Elementary School	649
Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School	1,904
Pembroke Pines Elementary School	629
Peters Elementary School	597
Pine Ridge Alternative Center	43
Pines Lakes Elementary School	447
Pines Middle School	604
Pinewood Elementary School	530
Pioneer Middle School	1,463
Piper High School	2,418
Plantation Elementary School	572
Plantation High School	1,796
Plantation Middle School	512
Plantation Park Elementary School	495
Pompano Beach Elementary School	487
Pompano Beach High School	1,311
Pompano Beach Middle School	1,032
Quiet Waters Elementary School	1,138
Ramblewood Elementary School	698
Ramblewood Middle School	1,037
Renaissance Charter Middle School at Pines	457
Renaissance Charter School at Cooper City	1,202
Renaissance Charter School at Coral Springs	1,519
Renaissance Charter School at Plantation	990
Renaissance Charter School at University	1,447
Renaissance Charter Schools at Pines	843
Rise Academy School of Science and Technology	347
Riverglades Elementary School	1,065
Riverland Elementary School	465
Riverside Elementary School	652
Robert C. Markham Elementary School	612
Rock Island Elementary School	462
Royal Palm Elementary School	726
Sanders Park Elementary School	446
Sandpiper Elementary School	642
Sawgrass Elementary School	877
Sawgrass Springs Middle School	1,012
Sea Castle Elementary School	888
Seagull School	147
Seminole Middle School	1,068
Sheridan Hills Elementary School	448
Sheridan Park Elementary School	466
Sheridan Technical College	555
Silver Lakes Elementary School	338
Silver Lakes Middle School	744
Silver Palms Elementary School	472
Silver Ridge Elementary School	904
Silver Shores Elementary School	372
Silver Trail Middle School	1,249
Somerset Academy	652
Somerset Academy Charter High	1,486
Somerset Academy Charter High School Miramar Campus	291
Somerset Academy Davie Charter School	150
Somerset Academy East Preparatory	191
Somerset Academy Elementary (Miramar Campus)	514
Somerset Academy Elementary South Campus	349
Somerset Academy Key Charter High School	298
Somerset Academy Key Middle School	406
Somerset Academy Middle (Miramar Campus)	421
Somerset Academy Middle School	1,048
Somerset Academy Miramar South	213
Somerset Academy Pompano (K-5)	155
Somerset Academy Riverside	420
Somerset Academy Riverside Charter Middle School	266
Somerset Academy Village Charter Middle School	162
Somerset Arts Conservatory	403
Somerset Neighborhood School	474
Somerset Parkland Academy	945
Somerset Pines Academy	450
Somerset Preparatory Charter Middle School	337
Somerset Village Academy	265
South Broward High School	2,307
South Broward Montessori Charter School	169
South Plantation High School	2,292
Stephen Foster Elementary School	386
Stirling Elementary School	566
Stranahan High School	1,328
Summit Academy Charter School	472
Suned High School of North Broward	327
Suned High of South Broward	297
Sunfire High School	403
Sunland Park Academy	442
Sunrise High School	420
Sunrise Middle School	1,238
Sunset Lakes Elementary School	728
Sunshine Elementary Charter School	209
Sunshine Elementary School	413
Tamarac Elementary School	619
Tedder Elementary School	644
Tequesta Trace Middle School	1,421
The Quest Center	106
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	325
Tradewinds Elementary School	973
Tropical Elementary School	619
UCP Early Beginnings	0
Village Elementary School	632
Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School	692
Walker Elementary School	512
Walter C. Young Middle School	820
Watkins Elementary School	399
Welleby Elementary School	599
West Broward Academy	716
West Broward High School	2,531
West Hollywood Elementary School	477
Westchester Elementary School	1,057
Western High School	3,640
Westglades Middle School	1,667
Westpine Middle School	804
Westwood Heights Elementary School	510
Whiddon Rodgers Education Center	515
Whispering Pines Exceptional Education Center	186
William Dandy Middle School	681
Wilton Manors Elementary School	557
Wingate Oaks Center	120
Winston Park Elementary School	996
Total Broward County Public Schools District	251,408