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College Preparatory Academy at Wellen Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Charter schoolCollege Preparatory Academy at Wellen Park is a public elementary school in Fort Lauderdale, part of Sarasota County Public Schools. It enrolled 409 students in 2024-25, with 16.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT WELLEN PARK".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
409
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
K to 7

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.9. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.4
District15.9
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
6278 N Federal Hwy Pmb 384, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Phone
(941)357-4783
District
Sarasota County Public Schools
County
Sarasota County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
120168010817
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
150
Reduced-price lunch
30
Free or reduced-price lunch
18044.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
117Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Sarasota County Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Fort Lauderdale

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.