Broward

District-Level NCES Analysis

Broward operates 328 public schools serving 254,732 students, placing it among the largest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 173 combined, 59 elementary, 48 high, 48 middle schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Broward County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,419 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.6% local, 31.2% state, and 19.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #36 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.

Academic infrastructure includes 43 of 328 schools offering Advanced Placement (623 AP courses district-wide), a 448.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.3% African American, 37.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Broward Virtual Instruction Program, with a diversity index of 75.0/100.

Its largest campus is Cypress Bay High School, enrolling 4,579 students (2% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ucp Early Beginnings, at 5 students, a 916x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.