Dillard Elementary Achieves Major Gains in 2025
Success Through Dedication
Dillard Elementary School continues to achieve remarkable academic success, recording gains across all subject areas in 2025, including the highest increase in mathematics proficiency in Broward County Public Schools. In 2026, Dillard reached another milestone, achieving the highest reading learning gains in the district. These accomplishments reflect a strong commitment to academic excellence and student success.
With the support of Ranger Good Works, Dillard Elementary earned an "A" school grade for the 2025-2026 school year.
Dillard Elementary School is nestled in a low-income residential neighborhood with the highest poverty level in the city of Fort Lauderdale. Limited resources and access to supplemental programs combined with high unemployment rates impact students’ ability to excel in school.Students at Dillard Elementary are eager to learn and excited to succeed in spite of these setbacks. Ranger Good Works helps to empower and motivate students to overcome obstacles and barriers that they may face in school and at home.
Dillard Elementary has begun a new and improved era of positive change and influence for their students.
DEDICATION AND COMPASSION
TEACHING & INSPIRING STUDENTS
Thanks to the dedication of a compassionate and committed staff, Dillard Elementary influences positive change and success. Working side by side with Dillard, Ranger Good Works has developed programs and events led by school staff to help stimulate students’ ambitions and creativity, immersing them in hands-on experiences with local businesses and industries, as well as arts, music, STEM, and environmental workshops. Staff members work beyond school hours to provide enrichment opportunities for students through clubs and activities sponsored by Ranger Good Works.
Now going on our 14th year, the growth in student participation and positive impact in our programs has been nothing short of amazing and immensely rewarding. According to the State of Florida School’s Grading system, in 2013 Dillard Elementary was rated as an undocumented "F" school. The school's rating has since been elevated to a "A."
In 2026, Dillard Elementary achieved the highest reading learning gains in Broward County Public Schools. This outstanding accomplishment contributed to the school earning an “A” rating for the first time in 11 years.
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