About Broward County Public Schools (BCPS)

  • Broward County Public Schools is the sixth largest school district in the nation and the second largest in the state of Florida. BCPS is Florida’s first fully accredited school system since 1962. BCPS has more than 271,500 students and approximately 175,000 adult students in 234 schools, centers and technical colleges, and 93 charter schools. BCPS serves a diverse student population, with students representing 204 different countries and 191 different languages.

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    Broward County Public Schools Proudly Offers

  • High quality academics High-quality academic, magnet and innovative programs to meet students’ interests and individual needs.

    Computer Science Computer science courses, curriculum and activities at 100 percent of District schools.countries

    Award High schools ranked among the best and most challenging in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Post.

    Crown for Chess Chess for every second grade student to develop critical thinking skills, plus resources for chess clubs for grades K-12. Chess is provided in partnership with Chess4Life.

    Debate Program The largest debate program in the nation, with debate offered at all middle and high schools, and expanding among elementary schools.

    Personalized Learning Personalized learning through the BCPS Digital Classrooms initiative, providing one-to-one student to computer ratios and individualized student curriculum

     

     

  • District Profile
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  • 2017/18 Enrollment

    Pre-K 

    		 5,939

    K - 5 

    		 96,374

    6 - 8

    		 48,335

    9 - 12

    		 70,686

    Centers

    		 5,096

    Colleges

    		 45,093

    Total

    		 271,517

  • Average Pupil Enrollment

    Basic K-12  $6,176
    ESOL $6,490
    ESE $10,219
    Carrer ED 9 -12  $5,605

  • Number of Schools

    Elementary

    		 136

    Middle

    		 37

    High

    		 33

    Combination

    		 8

    Centers

    		 17

    Colleges

    		 3

    Charter Schools

    		 93

    Grand Total

    		 327

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Elementary school teacher reading to students

  • AdvancedED

    BCPS is the First florida school district to earn the prestigious Districtwide Accredition from AdvancedED in 1962. BCPS proudly Earned re-accreditition in 2016/17.
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  • 2017/18 School Grades Breakdown

    Elementary and Middle Schools

    A

    		 44

    B

    		 45

    C

    		 73

    D

    		 6

    F

    2

    High Schools

    A

    		 13

    B

    		 3

    C

    		 16

    D

    		 0

    F

    0

    Combination Schools

    A

    		 2

    B

    		 0

    C

    		 7

    D

    		 0

    F

    0

  • 2017/18 Student Racial/ Ethic Distribution

    White 

    		 51.3% 139,325

    Black

    		 40.3% 109,338

    Asian

    		 3.8% 10,225

    Native American or Native Alaskan

    		 0.8% 2,091

    Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

    		 0.2% 581

    Multiracial

    		 3.7% 9,927

    Ethically Hispanic 

    		 33.8% 91,725

    Non Ethically Hispanic 

    		 67.1% 182,032

  • Personnel

    Total Instructional Staff 

    		 15,084

    Clerical, Support staff, etc.

    		 10,567

    Administrators

    		 1,488

    Total number of permanent employees  (above groups combined)

    		 27,139

    Total number of Substitute/Temporary

    		 7,181

    Total Employees

    		 34,320

  • 2017 Public Charter School Grades

    Elementary and Middle Schools

    A

    		 20

    B

    		 6

    C

    		 16

    D

    		 2

    F

    2

    High Schools

    A

    		 1

    B

    		 2

    C

    		 5

    D

    		 1

    F

    0

    Combination Schools

    A

    		 8

    B

    		 5

    C

    		 8

    D

    		 2

    F

    2

Students in Classroom

  • Great BCPS named a 2017 Greatest District for Great Teachers by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

  • Educating today’s students
    to succeed in tomorrow’s world.
About Broward County Public Schools

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