The top reported proficiency rate is 71% in Math. The lowest is 56% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Nova Dwight D. Eisenhower Elem
Nova Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary sits in Davie, a sprawling South Florida town that occupies a distinctive niche in Broward County: part equestrian community, part college town, part fast-developing urban corridor. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade and is part of Broward County Public Schools, one of the largest public school districts in the country.
The academic picture is mixed but generally solid at the upper grades. On Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent school year, math proficiency climbs steadily across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with fifth graders performing meaningfully above third graders. ELA follows a similar arc: third grade results sit noticeably lower, but fourth and fifth grade proficiency rates are considerably stronger and roughly in line with the math figures. Science is tested only in fifth grade, and the school's results there come in somewhat below its math and ELA performance at that same grade level. What this pattern suggests is that students who move through the school tend to gain ground as they advance, though the earlier grades bear watching. Parents may want to ask the school directly about what supports are in place for students entering third grade who are still building foundational literacy skills.
Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in moderate-to-high economic need territory by Florida standards. The student body is predominantly Black, with substantial Hispanic representation and smaller shares of white and Asian students. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what we reviewed.
No information on specific programs, course offerings, or enrichment pathways was included in the data for this school. Because Eisenhower serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate and no AP or dual-enrollment data to consider; those measures simply do not apply here.
The school sits in a zip code where home values run modestly above the Florida statewide benchmark, though prices have dipped year over year. Renting is expensive relative to income, with rent-to-income ratios at a level that squeezes household budgets. Buying carries its own pressure given current mortgage rates. The broader Davie housing market is not a bargain, but it remains somewhat softer than peak.
The town itself is genuinely varied. Along the western edge, equestrian estates and ranch properties give Davie its long-standing "cowboy town" identity, reflected in the architecture of older commercial strips. Closer to Nova Southeastern University's campus, where Eisenhower is located, the texture shifts: the South Florida Education Center clusters NSU, Florida Atlantic University, Broward College, and McFatter Technical College within a short distance of each other. That concentration of higher education and healthcare employment shapes the neighborhood feel considerably. The area is auto-oriented rather than walkable, though the town has been investing in streetscape improvements and runs a free campus shuttle connecting the education cluster to Tri-Rail and county bus service.
Davie is actively developing. A large mixed-use project near the Davie Road corridor broke ground recently as the largest multifamily development in the town's history, and multiple apartment and retail projects are in various stages along the same corridor. For families considering this school zone, that growth context means the neighborhood is likely to change meaningfully over the next several years.
District-level information on recent strategic priorities or policy changes for Broward County Public Schools was not confirmed in our research for this profile, so we left that out rather than guess.
For a family choosing where to enroll a young child in Davie, Eisenhower offers a regular public school with encouraging academic trajectories in the upper elementary grades, a majority-minority student population that reflects the surrounding community, and a location embedded in a college and healthcare employment hub that is also one of the more actively growing parts of Broward County. The third-grade reading numbers are a place worth a conversation with the school to understand how students are supported in building toward the stronger results that appear later.
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