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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


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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 more than 258,000 students.

Broward County is the nation's largest, fully-accredited school district.

The following is a brief overview of the District.

2006/07 DISTRICT STUDENT INFORMATION:
(Latest Figures)

Blue ArrowMore than 258,000 K-12 students


Blue ArrowA diverse multicultural/multi-ethnic population with students from 164 countries, speaking 52 languages

Blue ArrowMore than 120,000 adult students in adult and community education

Blue ArrowOver 40,000 exceptional student education children - over 30,000 with special needs, 10,000 gifted students

Blue ArrowPre-kindergarten population of more than 4,042 with special programs for learning readiness

Blue ArrowApproximately 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 (2006/07)
 $5.07 Billion
Including:
 
General  $2.16 Billion
Capital $2.31 Billion

AVERAGE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE -
(2006/07) - Latest Figures
Exceptional Students
Elementary, Middle, High

$10,871
Traditional Students
Elementary, Middle, High

$5,912
At-Risk Students
Elementary, Middle, High

$6,107
Vocational Students
Elementary, Middle, High

$6.355
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
2007/08 (Latest Figures)
Elementary
138
Middle
42
High
32
Adult/Vocational/Centers
16
Charter Schools
55
Total
283

ENROLLMENT 2007/08
(Latest Figures)
Elementary (Pre K-5)
111,426
Middle
53,739
High
71,374
Special Centers
5,243
Charter Schools
17,122
Total
258,904
2005/06 Total
262,616

Diversity Breakdown 2007/08
(Latest Figures)

Percent
Number
Black
37.5
97,131
White
30.4
78,680
Hispanic
25.8
66,781
Asian
3.3
8,644
Multi-racial
2.8
7,134
Native American
0.2
534

  PERSONNEL (2007/2008) -
Latest Figures
Number of Instructional Staff
21,486
Number of clerical, support, etc. staff
13,888
1,595
Total number of Full-time
29,981
Total number of Substitute/Temp
6,988
Total:
36,969


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Phone: (754) 321-0000

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