Summary:
Sunshine Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Miramar, Florida, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 408. The school is part of the Broward County school district, which is ranked 30th out of 68 districts in Florida and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Sunshine Elementary faces several key challenges compared to nearby schools. The school has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (58.58%) than the surrounding area, which ranges from 37.06% to 79.21%. Sunshine Elementary also has consistently higher chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.7% to 28.8%, compared to 13.3% to 38.6% at nearby schools. Additionally, the school's test scores in English Language Arts and Math are consistently lower than the Broward County and Florida state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate was 49%, compared to 57% for Broward and 55% for Florida.
Sunshine Elementary also has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 73% to 79.66% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite this, the school has seen a steady increase in per-student spending, from $9,241 in 2019-2020 to $12,940 in 2022-2023, suggesting a focus on resource allocation to support student needs. However, the school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past several years, from 824 out of 2,118 Florida elementary schools in 2017-2018 to 1,467 out of 2,256 in 2023-2024, indicating that the school may be facing systemic challenges that need to be addressed.
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Detail:
Public PK, KG-5
District:
Broward
SchoolDigger Rank:
1467th of 2,256 Florida Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,940
Students who attend Sunshine Elementary School usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 18.5
Number of students: 408
Racial breakdown:
African American:
58.6%
Hispanic:
35.5%
White:
1.7%
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Asian:
1.5%
American Indian:
1.2%
Pacific Islander:
0.7%
Two or more races:
0.7%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 79.7%
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