📍 1500 Sw 66th Ave, Plantation, Broward County, 33317
Tropical Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Plantation, Broward County. The school has 839 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Broward school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tropical Elementary School enrolls 839 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 52 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 321 | 38% |
| White | 286 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 165 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 31 | 3.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
441 of the school's 839 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 395 qualify for free lunch and 46 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tropical Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 98.
Tropical Elementary School is one of 329 schools in BROWARD, based in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. The district serves 243,553 students district-wide and employs 12,532 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 839 students, Tropical Elementary School is close to the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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