District Overview






  • 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

     

     

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Broward County Public Schools
600 SE Third Ave
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
USA

T: 754.321.0000

Directions to the KC Wright Building

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