| Title | Definition | Contact Information | Data Update Date |
| % Gross Capacity | The number of students enrolled or projected to be enrolled at a school shown as a percentage of the total gross capacity of the school in the corresponding year. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | October
April |
| % LOS Capacity | The number of students enrolled or projected to be enrolled at a school shown as a percentage of the total LOS capacity of the school in the corresponding year. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April |
| % Permanent Capacity | The number of students enrolled or projected to be enrolled at a school shown as a percentage of the total permanent capacity of the school in the corresponding year. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning (754) 321-2565 | October
April |
| Anticipated Gross Capacity | Anticipated Gross Capacity is the estimated future total capacity of a school’s permanent and relocatable classrooms, after any planned classroom additions and/or demolitions have been completed. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April |
| Approx Project Completion Date | The year in which the certificate of occupancy (CO) is estimated to be issued for any newly constructed or renovated educational facility. | Shelley Meloni, Executive Director, Capital Programs
(754) 321-1515 | September |
| Approximate Permanent Capacity After Demolition/Construction | The anticipated resulting permanent capacity after planned demolition or construction of classroom space is completed. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April |
| Benchmark Day | The Benchmark Day is the District’s official enrollment reporting day for the school year, designated as the Monday, or first school day thereafter, following the Labor Day Holiday. Benchmark enrollment is a count of the total students enrolled in the BCPS student database, TERMS, on that day. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| Broward Community Schools | Broward Community Schools are adult education programs co-located within available classroom space at District schools or annex sites, and offer courses such as ESOL, GED, Adult High School Diploma, Adult and Family Literacy. These fee-based programs may operate during the day or at night, depending on campus access restrictions, and typically occupy dedicated spaces which are often counted in the host school site’s total FISH capacity. | Jonathan Williams, Principal, Community Schools North (754) 321-6761
| October |
| Capacity Additions Available | The estimated year in which a school classroom addition becomes available for occupancy and is reflected in the school’s FISH and level of service calculation within the % of Adjusted Capacity. | Shelley Meloni, Executive Director, Capital Programs
(754) 321-1515 | September |
| Capacity Additions Planned | Indicates the number of permanent classrooms planned to be constructed at a school site. | Shelley Meloni, Executive Director, Capital Programs
(754) 321-1515 | September
April |
| Class Size Reduction | Class Size Reduction, defined in Florida Statute 1003.03, limits the number of students assigned in core classrooms to a maximum of 18 students for grades PK-3, 22 students for grades 4-8, and 25 students for grades 9-12. Compliance with class size maximums is measured at the school-wide average by grade group
for all charter schools and public schools of choice per section 1002.31(5), F.S. | Christine LaNovara, Evaluation Administrator, Budget (754) 321-2530 | |
| Contract Capacity | The total number of students for whom a charter school is contracted to provide educational services as specified in its charter. Section 1002.331(2)(a), Florida Statutes, allows a high-performing charter school to increase its student enrollment once per school year to more than the capacity identified in the charter, but student enrollment may not exceed the capacity of the facility at the time the enrollment increase will take effect. | Donté Fulton-Collins, Director, Choice/Charter Schools Management Support (754) 321-2135 | October
April |
| Core Dining Capacity | Core Dining Capacity is the number of students a school’s dining space can accommodate over three lunch periods per day. It is based on a formula defined in the State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF) and is driven solely by the square footage of the dining area. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | September
April |
| Demolition | Demolition indicates whether or not a removal of classroom space is planned at an individual school site. Classroom capacity may be removed when it has been, or is planned to be, replaced with a newer building. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | September |
| Demolition Capacity | Demolition Capacity is the anticipated final capacity of a school after classroom space planned for demolition is removed. The reduction in capacity is reflected in the school year in which the demolition is expected to be completed. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April |
| Enrollment | The number of students enrolled at a school on the annual benchmark day- designated as the Monday, or first school day thereafter, following the Labor Day holiday- as reported in the BCPS student database, TERMS. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| Enrollment Projections | The number of students anticipated to attend a school in each of the next five years. Projected enrollment is calculated using a Cohort Survival method that incorporates recent years’ enrollment trends, new residential housing construction, birth rates, and school choice. Five-year enrollment projections are produced in the fall following the Benchmark Day and may be updated in the spring to incorporate school boundary or school usage changes adopted by the School Board as part of the annual school boundary process. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | October
April |
| ESE Special Programs | ESE Special Programs are self-contained classes of ESE students whose Individual Education Plan (IEP) necessitates a more restrictive environment than the mainstream classroom environment. ESE Special Programs are organized by primary exceptionality and may serve a region of adjacent schools in order to maximize available resources. Students with specific IEP’s may be assigned by District staff to attend regional ESE Special Programs as needed. | Sabrina Sheib, Director, ESE Curriculum (754) 321-3400 | October
April |
| Free and Reduced Lunch % (FRL%) | Percentage of students at a school as of the benchmark day eligible for free or reduced price meals. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning (754) 321-2565 | September |
| Gross Capacity | Gross Capacity is the total capacity of all permanent and relocatable (portable) buildings at a school site. This number is determined through the Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH). | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | September
April |
| Head Start Programs | The number of Head Start students and programs at each school. Head Start students enrolled in Head Start/ESE Integrated classes (classes with both typically developing Head Start students and students with disabilities), are reported under the ESE Cluster Programs. This data is provided by the Preschool ESE Department. | Sharonda Davis‐Bailey, Director, Head Start/Early Intervention (754) 321-1972 | October
April |
| In Boundary Students (IBS) | The number of students attending their assigned home boundary school. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | October |
| LOS | Level of Service indicates the capacity per unit of demand for a public facility. The public school concurrency standard requires Broward County, the Municipalities, and the School Board to achieve and maintain the adopted Level of Service (LOS) for Broward County Public Schools. The public school concurrency standard requires that all proposed plat and site plan (or functional equivalent) applications containing residential units be reviewed to ensure that adequate school capacity will be available prior to or concurrent with the impact of the proposed residential development, to accommodate the additional student growth at the adopted concurrency service area. Level of Service does not apply to schools without assigned attendance area boundaries. Per the Third Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement for Public School Concurrency (TRILA), LOS is defined as the greater of 110% of a school’s permanent capacity, or 100% of its gross capacity. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April
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| LOS Capacity | The adopted Level of Service in Broward County for public school concurrency is the greater of 110% of a school’s permanent capacity, or 100% of its gross capacity. A school having an enrollment/projected enrollment greater than 100% of its LOS Capacity does not meet the Adopted Level of Service (i.e. sufficient capacity is not in place to accommodate the current enrollment or future enrollment as a result of new residential development). LOS does not apply to schools without assigned attendance area boundaries. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April |
| Magnet Students | The total number of out-of-boundary students at a school who are participating in a Magnet program (if available at the school), reported in TERMS on the Benchmark Day. This number does not include in-boundary students who may be enrolled in the magnet program. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| Meets Level of Service | Indicates whether or not a school’s enrollment/projected enrollment is less than 100% of its Anticipated LOS Capacity. LOS does not apply to schools without assigned attendance area boundaries. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | October
April |
| Number of Relocatables | The total number of buildings on a campus that are constructed of wood or steel and that physically sit off the ground on blocks. Relocatable buildings should be considered as temporary accommodations and not considered as part of the permanent capacity of an educational facility. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | September
April |
| OCLC | The Off Campus Learning Centers | Kristin Baltazar, Principal,
Henry D. Perry Education Center, The Off Campus Learning Centers (754) 321-7054 | October |
| OSP Cumulative Total | The number of students in all grade levels that attend a school as a result of Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). This data is provided annually based on the Benchmark Day of enrollment as reported from the TERMS student database. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| OSP In | OSP In shows the number of new students enrolling at a school through the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), as reported in the student database, TERMS, on the Benchmark Day. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| OSP Out | OSP Out shows the number of new students leaving a school in the current year through the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), as reported in the student database, TERMS, on the Benchmark Day. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| Out of Boundary Students (OOBS) | The number of students attending a school that is not their assigned home boundary school. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | October |
| Over/Under Gross Capacity | The number of students, as reported on the Benchmark Day, over or under the total gross capacity of the school. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| Over/Under Perm Capacity | The number of students, as reported on the Benchmark Day, over or under the total permanent capacity of the school. | Jill Young, Director, Demographics & Enrollment Planning
(754) 321-2565 | September |
| Percent Adjusted Capacity | The enrollment/projected enrollment divided by the gross capacity adjusted to incorporate planned capacity additions scheduled in the Adopted District Educational Facilities Plan times 100. | Shelley Meloni, Executive Director, Capital Programs
(754) 321-1515 | October
April |
| Permanent Capacity | The Permanent Capacity of a school is the total number student stations contained in structures built with fixed foundations and having permanently attached walls, roofs, and floors, multiplied by a utilization rate specific to the level and type of school. This number is determined through the Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH). | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning and Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | September
April |
| Relocatables with Capacity | The total number of buildings on a campus that are constructed of wood or steel and that physically sit off the ground on blocks, that contain identified student stations and that are deemed as satisfactory for occupancy. Relocatable buildings should be considered as temporary accommodations and not considered as part of the permanent capacity of an educational facility. | Chris Akagbosu, Director, Facility Planning & Real Estate (754) 321-2160 | September
April |
| Site Limitations | Site Limitations designates whether or not a school site has sufficient and suitable land available for the construction of additional classroom space. | Shelley Meloni, Executive Director, Capital Programs
(754) 321-1515 | September
April |
| VPK | The number of District Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) students and programs at each school. Non-VPK students enrolled in VPK/ESE Integrated classes (classes with typically developing VPK students and students with disabilities), are reported under the ESE Special Programs. | Sharonda Davis‐Bailey, Director, Head Start/Early Intervention (754) 321-1972 | October |
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