Elementary · Florida

Rock Island Elementary School

Free meals for all

Rock Island Elementary School, a public elementary school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 468 students, 18.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Broward.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 468
Teachers (FTE): 25.0
Students per teacher: 18.7
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared

More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared

Larger than 60% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Broward

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Broward.

Location

Address: 2350 NW 19TH St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
Phone: (754)322-8300
City or town: Fort Lauderdale
County: Broward County

Quality of life in Fort Lauderdale Schools in Fort Lauderdale

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Dillard Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	556	20.6	0.7 mi
Larkdale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	399	15.3	1.2 mi
Sunland Park AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–3	353	16.8	1.3 mi
Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	288	22.2	1.4 mi
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Montessori AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	385	16.0	1.7 mi
Oriole Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	670	17.2	1.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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NCES 120018004051