📍 8800 Nw 54th Ct, Sunrise, Broward County, 33351
Discovery Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sunrise, Broward County. The school has 816 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Broward school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Discovery Elementary School enrolls 816 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 523 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 164 | 20% |
| White | 64 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 27 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
510 of the school's 816 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 469 qualify for free lunch and 41 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Discovery Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 33, state house district 97.
Discovery 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 816 students, Discovery 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: City - Small
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