The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in Math. The lowest is 32% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Broadview Elementary School
Broadview Elementary sits on a residential street in North Lauderdale, a compact, densely built suburb in north-central Broward County. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Broward County district. Its enrollment is substantial for an elementary school of this grade band, and its student body reflects the neighborhood closely: the two largest groups are Black and Hispanic students, roughly in similar proportions, with a smaller share of white and multiracial students. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you this is a school serving working-to-middle-income families, consistent with the surrounding community's economic character.
On the most recent Florida state assessments, math proficiency across tested grades lands in the low-to-mid range, with third and fifth graders performing somewhat better than fourth graders, though none of the grades reach a majority of students testing proficient. Reading and language arts results are lower still, with each tested grade coming in below half of students reaching proficiency. The fifth-grade science assessment shows a smaller share of students reaching proficiency than either math or ELA. These are not strong academic attainment numbers, and a parent considering the school should ask directly about what interventions and supports are in place for students who are not yet reading or computing at grade level. Multi-year trend data was not available in the state reporting, so there is no way from this data to characterize whether results are improving, holding, or declining.
A graduation rate does not apply here because Broadview only serves pre-K through fifth grade. Program-specific offerings, staffing details, chronic absenteeism, and English learner enrollment figures were not reported in the available data, which are gaps worth raising with the school directly.
The school sits in a neighborhood that is car-dependent, modestly walkable, and organized around arterial roads rather than any kind of downtown core. North Lauderdale itself is a built-out suburb; its 1970s and 1980s housing stock defines the streetscape, and publicly reported sources describe it as a quiet, family-oriented community with a pronounced Caribbean cultural presence, a good number of parks packed into a small city footprint, and civic life centered on recreation facilities rather than commercial centers. Hampton Pines Park and the Jerry Resnick Aquatic Center are among the more prominent community gathering points.
On the housing side, home values in the zip code are running slightly below the Florida state median and close to the national median at present, with both sale prices and rents showing modest year-over-year declines in the most recent available data. Renting here consumes a very high share of a typical household's income relative to national benchmarks, which reflects the broader affordability pressure across South Florida rather than something specific to North Lauderdale. The area is not experiencing a development boom; growth has been slow and incremental for years.
The comparison data for this school relative to other districts in Broward County could not be computed in a way that would be meaningful, because the county's district universe in the comparison set was too small to generate a reliable positioning. District-level strategic priorities for Broward were not captured in the available research.
Broadview Elementary is a neighborhood public school in a diverse, economically modest community. Its test results indicate that many students are not yet reaching state proficiency benchmarks in core subjects, which is the clearest academic signal the available data provides. A parent wanting to understand what the school is doing about that gap, what supports exist for English learners and students with IEPs, and whether recent trends are moving in a positive direction would need to go directly to the school and district for answers the current data does not supply.
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