The top reported proficiency rate is 77% in Math. The lowest is 64% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Chapel Trail Elementary School
Chapel Trail Elementary sits on Taft Street in the western reaches of Pembroke Pines, a large suburban city in southwest Broward County that functions primarily as a residential hub within the Miami metropolitan area. The surrounding neighborhoods are built around planned subdivisions, single-family homes, and gated communities, and the school draws from one of the city's most established residential zones near the Chapel Trail Nature Preserve. This is an auto-oriented, low-density corner of South Florida: most daily errands require a car, and the broader city only recently built a downtown-style core through the Pines City Center development. For a family considering this school, the neighborhood context is quiet and residential, with parks, library branches, and retail reachable along Pines Boulevard but not walkable in the conventional sense.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public elementary within Broward County Public Schools. Enrollment puts it on the larger end for an elementary school of its grade band. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with white and Black students each representing meaningful shares, and smaller Asian and multiracial populations. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate economic need level for a South Florida suburban elementary. Data on English learner and special education populations were not available in what was provided.
On the Florida FAST assessment, Chapel Trail performs solidly across its tested grades. In math, proficiency rates across third, fourth, and fifth grade are all in the upper-to-strong range for a Florida public elementary, with fourth grade posting the highest result among the three. ELA results follow a similar pattern, with third and fourth grade proficiency clustered close together and fifth grade sitting slightly lower, though still at a respectable level. Fifth-grade science proficiency on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment is positive but a step below the reading and math results, landing in the low-to-mid range. One suppressed math data point appears for a grade outside the school's primary range; that suppression likely reflects a small tested group rather than a school-level concern, but the data does not clarify the reason. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are rising, holding steady, or declining.
The comparison framework for Broward County's districts included only a single district in the cohort, which means no meaningful peer positioning was possible from that data. A parent wanting to place these results in context relative to other Broward elementaries would need to look at the district's own school performance data directly.
On the housing side, the zip code surrounding Chapel Trail carries home values well above both the Florida state median and the national median, placing this firmly among the more expensive elementary school zones in the county. Rents are also high relative to income benchmarks, with rent consuming a large share of a typical household's income. Home values in the zip code have edged slightly downward year over year, consistent with a broader softening in the South Florida market, but the area remains expensive. Families considering a move to access this school should factor in that the local housing market is one of the pricier pockets within an already costly metro.
Program details for the school were not available in the data provided, so specific enrichment offerings, reading interventions, or special programs beyond the standard curriculum cannot be described here. Discipline data, attendance figures, and staffing ratios were also absent. The district brief search did not turn up confirmed parent-relevant changes in Broward County Public Schools in time to include here.
What the data does give a parent is a school posting above-average academic results for a Florida public elementary, in a stable residential community on the western edge of Pembroke Pines, with a diverse and largely middle-class student body and a housing market that reflects the premium families place on this part of the county.
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