The District's main headquarters is located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Our address is 600 Southeast 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale,Florida 33301
Phone: (754) 321-0000
Map of Broward County
Map to the K.C. Wright Administration Building
Broward County Public Schools is the sixth-largest public school district and the largest,
fully-accredited public school district in the nation. The District serves the educational needs of a unique urban/suburban mix of 256,872 students.
Broward County is
the nation's largest, fully-accredited school district.
The following
is a brief overview of the District.
2010/11 DISTRICT
STUDENT INFORMATION:
(Latest Figures)
256,872 (Twenthieth Day Count) K-12 students (Including Charters)
68 Charter schools serve over 23,000 students.
1 Virtual School - Elementary, Middle, High
A
diverse multicultural/multi-ethnic population with
students from 173 countries, speaking 53 languages
More
than 120,000 adult students in adult and community
education
Over 40,000 exceptional student education children
- over 30,000 with special needs, 10,000 gifted students
Pre-kindergarten
population of nearly 4,500 with special programs
for learning readiness
Approximately 23,000 school-age children in after-school child
care programs
SCHEDULED SCHOOL DAYS: 180
Six schools -- Colbert,
Hallandale, Lake Forest and Watkins elementary schools
and McNicol Middle and Gulfstream middle schools -- are on a modified school calendar
(year round schedule)
GRADING PERIOD: Nine
Weeks
| BUDGET (As of July 20, 2010) | $3.5 Billion |
|---|---|
| Including: | |
| General | $1.94 Billion |
| Capital | $1.03 Billion |
AVERAGE
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE -
2010/11 |
|
|---|---|
| Traditional Programs | $6,088 |
| ESOL Programs | $6,799 |
| ESE Programs | $11,139 |
| Career Technical Programs (9-12) | $5,094 |
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
- 2010/11 |
|
|---|---|
| Elementary | 140 |
| K-8 | 1 |
| Middle | 41 |
| High | 31 |
| Adult/Technical/Centers | 16 |
| Virtual Schools | 1 |
| Charter Schools | 68 |
| Total | 298 |
ENROLLMENT - 2010/11 |
|
|---|---|
| Elementary (Pre K-5) | 105,809 |
| Middle | 52,369 |
| High | 69,516 |
| Centers | 5,904 |
| Charter Schools | 23,274 |
| Total: | 256,872 |
Diversity Breakdown - 2010/11 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Percent | Number | |
| White | 51.41 | 132,070 |
| Black | 39.06 | 100,326 |
| Ethnically Hispanic | 28.32 | 72,753 |
| Asian | 3.58 | 9,192 |
| Native American/Native Alaskan | 2.20 | 5,641 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.11 | 276 |
| Multi-racial | 3.65 | 9,36 |
PERSONNEL - 2010/2011 |
|
|---|---|
| Number of Instructional Staff | 15,870 |
| Number of clerical, support, etc. staff | 10,894 |
| Number of Administrators | 1,465 |
| Total number of Permanent (above groups combined) | 28,229 |
| Total number of Substitute/Temp | 8,159 |
| Total: | 36,388 |