| Index | Downtown | Fort Lauderdale | Florida |
| Average Test Scores | n/a | 48% | 55% |
| Student/Teacher ratio | n/a | 15:1 | 17:1 |
| Total public schools | n/a | 43 | 3,388 |
| Total private schools | n/a | 36 | 1,640 |
| Total post-secondary schools | n/a | 21 | 466 |
| Index | Downtown | Fort Lauderdale | Florida |
| Completed 8th grade | 91.3% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Completed high school | 88.4% | 82.9% | 83.0% |
| Completed some college | 73.4% | 61.5% | 58.0% |
| Completed associate degree | 62.6% | 43.6% | 37.4% |
| Completed bachelors | 57.5% | 34.9% | 27.9% |
| Completed masters | 26.6% | 12.9% | 10.0% |
| Completed professional degree | 9.8% | 4.8% | 3.1% |
| Completed doctorate | 3.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| City | Population | Avg. Test Scores | National Avg. |
| Aventura, FL | 37,151 | 89% | 84.4% |
| Parkland, FL | 32,878 | 80% | 65.9% |
| Sunny Isles Beach, FL | 21,853 | 79% | 63.5% |
| Cooper City, FL | 35,715 | 77% | 59.7% |
| Southwest Ranches, FL | 7,947 | 76% | 58.7% |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 181,818 | 48% | 0.7% |
| City | Population | Avg. Test Scores | National Avg. |
| Brownsville, TX | 182,230 | 52% | 7.9% |
| Chattanooga, TN | 181,370 | 30% | 36.5% |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 180,927 | 48% | 0.7% |
| Vancouver, WA | 182,792 | 46% | 4.4% |
| Newport News, VA | 179,582 | 67% | 39.3% |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 181,818 | 48% | 0.7% |
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