Hawkes Bluff Elementary, 5900 SW 160th Ave., Davie: pre-K to grade 5, 564 students on the Aug. 21 count and an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Broward County Public Schools’ zone map for Hawkes Bluff Elementary, attendance boundaries and Tenth Day Enrollment Count, Broward County’s city boundary map, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, and the federal NCES school directory.

Hawkes Bluff Elementary is the Broward County Public Schools elementary school for pre-K to fifth grade on SW 160th Avenue in far west Davie. The school’s website gives its address as Davie; the federal directory lists a Southwest Ranches mailing city, and the campus sits inside Davie town limits on Broward County’s city boundary map. Most of its attendance zone is in Southwest Ranches: about 16% of the zone’s land is in Davie, according to the district’s boundary maps.

Who to call
Address 5900 SW 160th Ave., Davie, FL 33331
Phone 754-323-6100
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Broward County Public Schools
State school number 3131

Principal

Principal Melinda S. Cunningham, according to the school’s Meet the Administrators page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 564 students on Aug. 21, 2026, the 10th day of the 2026-27 school year, including 46 children in pre-K. That is 48 fewer than on the same day in 2025, according to the district’s Tenth Day Enrollment Count.
  • Federal count: 700 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. A school’s grade is the share of possible points it earns on state test results, learning gains and, for high schools, the graduation rate and college and career acceleration. The state’s 2026 file sets an A for an elementary school at 62% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (74% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • Third-grade English language arts: 82%
  • English language arts: 80%
  • Math: 87%
  • Science: 74%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School tool or the Hawkes Bluff zone map (PDF).

Comparing the district’s attendance boundaries, the whole Hawkes Bluff zone goes on to Silver Trail Middle in Southwest Ranches and then West Broward High in Pembroke Pines.

No proposal in the district’s Redefining Our Schools plan for 2026-27, presented on Oct. 6, names Hawkes Bluff.

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar synopsis (PDF):

  • Friday, Oct. 9: early release
  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5

The school does not post bell times on its website; the front office can confirm them.

Programs

The school’s specialized programs page lists:

  • A special needs program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade
  • A tuition-supported VPK program, which combines free VPK with fee-based pre-K hours for a full day

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Hawkes Bluff Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade, at 5900 SW 160th Ave. in Davie.

Which middle school does Hawkes Bluff Elementary feed into?

Silver Trail Middle, and then West Broward High, according to the district’s attendance boundaries.

What is Hawkes Bluff Elementary’s school grade?

An A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 74% of possible points, and an A in 2025 and 2024.

Is Hawkes Bluff Elementary in Davie or Southwest Ranches?

The campus is inside Davie town limits and the school uses a Davie address, but most of its attendance zone is in Southwest Ranches.