The top reported proficiency rate is 87% in Math. The lowest is 76% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Everglades Elementary School
Everglades Elementary sits on Bonaventure Boulevard in Weston, a master-planned, affluent community at the western edge of Broward County where the suburbs give way to the Everglades. It is a regular public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade within the Broward district.
The academic picture here is a clear strength. On Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent school year, math proficiency across the tested elementary grades ran from the mid-to-upper eighties into the high eighties, with third, fourth, and fifth graders all scoring at those levels. ELA proficiency in those same grades ran in the low-to-mid eighties across all three grade levels. On the statewide fifth-grade science assessment, a strong majority of students scored proficient. Taken together, these are well above what most Florida elementary schools produce, and a parent looking for a school where most children are on grade level in reading, math, and science will find that bar cleared here. There are no multi-year trend lines available in the data, so whether performance has been stable, rising, or shifting is not something this profile can answer.
The student body is sizable for a suburban elementary school. Hispanic students make up the largest share, well over half the enrollment. White and Asian students each represent a meaningful portion, and Black students a small share. The overall demographic mix reflects Weston's character as a community that draws a large population of Latin American-origin families alongside a mix of other backgrounds. Only a modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, consistent with the community's relative affluence. Data on English learner rates and the share of students with IEPs was not reported, so parents of children with those needs may want to ask the school directly about its support services.
Weston itself is a planned community built around gated neighborhoods and a civic center of sorts at the Weston Town Center, a walkable open-air plaza with shops, dining, and community events. The city is noted publicly for more than fifty miles of marked bicycle lanes and trails connecting neighborhoods to parks and shopping. Parks range from small neighborhood spaces with playgrounds and picnic areas to larger athletic-field complexes adjacent to the middle school nearby. Getting around day to day without a car is possible in some neighborhoods but not all; the more typical experience is car-dependent for anything beyond the immediate neighborhood. City Hall, a community center, and a YMCA family center round out the civic infrastructure.
The housing market surrounding this school commands prices well above both the Florida statewide median and the national median. Rents are also elevated, with the rent-to-income ratio reflecting a market that is genuinely expensive by most standards. Home values in the zip code have edged slightly downward year over year at the most recent measurement, but the market remains at a premium. A family relocating here for the school should weigh that cost of entry carefully.
The neighbor-comparison data presents an unusual situation: Broward County has only one district in the comparison set, so a relative ranking among county districts is not meaningful and the data does not attempt one.
District-level information on strategic priorities or recent changes in Broward County schools was not retrieved before the research budget was exhausted, so that context is missing from this profile. Program-specific offerings at Everglades Elementary, such as any enrichment, gifted, or arts programming, were also not available in the data provided.
What the data does show is a school with genuinely strong tested proficiency across reading, math, and science, a moderately large and demographically mixed elementary enrollment, a low poverty share, and a community that is quiet, well-maintained, and oriented toward family life in a planned suburban setting. For a family prioritizing measurable academic outcomes at the elementary level in a stable, low-poverty environment, this school fits that picture well.
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