Education

See also: List of schools in Fort Lauderdale

According to 2000 census data, 79.0% of the city's population aged 25 or older were high school graduates, slightly below the national figure of 80.4%. 27.9% held at least a baccalaureate, slightly higher than the national figure of 24.4%. Broward County Public Schools operates 23 public schools in Fort Lauderdale. 2007 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) results for Fort Lauderdale's public schools were mixed; while ten (of sixteen) elementary schools and one (of four) middle schools received "A" or "B" grades, Sunland Park Elementary School^[84] and Arthur Ashe Middle School^[85] received failing grades. Boyd Anderson High School, which is located in Lauderdale Lakes but whose attendance zone includes part of Fort Lauderdale, also received a failing grade.^[86] None of the three failing schools have failed twice in a four-year period, thus triggering the "Opportunity Scholarship Program" school choice provisions of the Florida's education plan.^[87]
Nine institutions of higher learning have main or satellite campuses in the city:

• Broward College BC (Willis Holcombe Downtown Center)
• City College
• Florida Atlantic University FAU (satellite campus)
• Florida International University FIU (satellite campus)
• Keiser University
• Nova Southeastern University NSU (satellite campus)
• The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
• University of Phoenix (Cypress Creek Learning Center)
• Jersey College

Additionally, the Davenport, Iowa-based Kaplan University's Corporate headquarters and an academic support center are located in the city.^[88]