Highlands, Pompano Beach: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the City of Pompano Beach neighborhoods map (PDF), Broward County’s city boundaries, address points, school boundaries and parks layer, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, Broward County Transit and OpenStreetMap.

The Highlands is the northern tip of Pompano Beach, the part of the city north of Sample Road. It is a strip of about 790 acres that runs up to the city line near NE 54th Street, with Deerfield Beach to the west and Lighthouse Point to the east, and Federal Highway along its eastern side. It has its own elementary school, a city recreation center, North Pompano Park and a county scrub preserve. City Hall is about 4.9 miles away by road.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Deerfield Beach High for every address, a C school in Florida’s 2026 grades. Check yours with the district’s Find My School tool.
• Home value: $363,121 in ZIP 33064 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-95 exit 39, Sample Road, about 2.4 miles by road.

Part of our Pompano Beach neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city’s neighborhoods map, drawn by the Development Services Department, labels everything in Pompano Beach north of Sample Road as Highlands. Sample Road is the southern edge, with Cresthaven across it. Federal Highway (U.S. 1) runs along the east side, and Broward County Transit stops on it from NE 39th Street to NE 49th Street. Broward County’s address data has about 2,000 street addresses here, all in ZIP code 33064.

Schools

How the area’s addresses fall in Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary layers, updated March 2026, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education. The percentage is the share of possible points the school earned.

Norcrest Elementary is inside the area. Deerfield Beach High earned an A in 2025 and reported a 97% graduation rate for 2024-25; Norcrest moved up from a C. The Highlands is the one area in this guide where every address is zoned to middle and high schools in another city. Confirm an address with the district’s Find My School tool. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 33064 was $363,121 in August 2026, down 0.9% from $366,272 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price. It covers the whole ZIP code, which Zillow files under Deerfield Beach and which also takes in Cresthaven, Loch Lomond and parts of neighboring cities. The citywide Pompano Beach figure was $351,953, down 1.9% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From the city’s park list and Broward County’s parks layer:

• North Pompano Park, 4400 NE 18th Ave., 20.4 acres with a disc golf course, synthetic turf athletic fields, pavilions and restrooms. The city says its basketball courts are closed while the canopy structures are replaced.
• Highlands Park Recreation Center, 1650 NE 50th Court, 3.3 acres with basketball, a playground, two pavilions and a recreation center with an auditorium and two classrooms.
• Sandspur Park, 4231 NE 15th Ave., 2.3 acres with picnic areas and a playground; pets allowed.
• Highlands Scrub Natural Area, a Broward County preserve of about 35 acres in the county’s parks layer, inside the area.
• Dan Witt Park in Lighthouse Point, 4521 NE 22nd Ave., is about a quarter mile east.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-95 exit 39, Sample Road, about 2.4 miles by road from the middle of the area. Florida’s Turnpike exit 69, also Sample Road, is about 5.9 miles; the Turnpike is a toll road.
• City Hall: about 4.9 miles to 100 W. Atlantic Blvd.
• Airport: about 20.2 miles to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the longest trip of any area in this guide.
• These are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: Broward County Transit Route 10 (Federal Highway) stops on U.S. 1 at NE 39th, 41st, 42nd, 48th and 49th streets, in BCT’s published schedule data for summer 2026. Check current times on BCT’s website or at 954-357-8400.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Walmart Supercenter, 5001 N. Federal Highway, inside the area
• Rio’s Meat Market & Grocery, 3931 Federal Highway, inside the area
• Publix, 3700 N. Federal Highway, about a fifth of a mile outside the area
• Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy, near Sample Road and Federal Highway, about a seventh and a fifth of a mile outside the area

How we drew this area

The City of Pompano Beach’s neighborhoods map labels the city north of Sample Road as Highlands. We counted every Broward County address point inside the city limits and north of Sample Road, matched to the county’s 2025-26 school boundary layers on Oct. 10, 2026. The acreage is the part of the county’s Pompano Beach boundary north of Sample Road. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools serve the Highlands in Pompano Beach?

In Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundary data, every Highlands address is zoned for Deerfield Beach Middle and Deerfield Beach High. Elementary students are split: 64% of addresses are zoned for Norcrest Elementary, which is inside the area, and 36% for Deerfield Beach Elementary.

What ZIP code is the Highlands in?

33064. Zillow put the typical home value in that ZIP code at $363,121 in August 2026, down 0.9% on the year. Zillow files 33064 under Deerfield Beach, and the figure covers the whole ZIP code.

Is the Highlands a good place to live?

Here are the facts. The Highlands covers about 790 acres with about 2,000 street addresses, an elementary school, two city parks, a city recreation center and a 35-acre county nature preserve. It is about 2.4 miles by road from I-95 exit 39 and 4.9 miles from City Hall.

Is the Highlands part of the city of Pompano Beach?

Yes. The city’s own neighborhoods map labels the part of Pompano Beach north of Sample Road as Highlands, and Broward County’s city boundary layer puts it inside the city limits.