The top reported proficiency rate is 89% in Math. The lowest is 68% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School
Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary sits on Pembroke Road in the heart of one of southwest Broward County's largest suburban cities, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a public charter school operating under the Broward district's umbrella, and its enrollment places it among the larger elementary schools of its type. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse, with Hispanic students forming the largest group, followed by Black students, white students, and a meaningful Asian population, along with students of two or more races. Just under half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that spans a wide economic range without concentrating the school at either extreme. Data on English learner enrollment and students with individualized education programs were not available in the data provided, so parents with children in those populations may want to ask the school directly about those supports.
Academic performance on Florida's FAST assessments is a clear strength here. Across the tested grades in math, proficiency runs consistently high, with third, fourth, and fifth graders all performing at levels well above what one typically sees statewide. ELA results follow a similar pattern, with strong proficiency across all three tested grades. Fifth-grade science on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment is also solidly above midpoint, though it sits somewhat lower relative to the school's math and ELA performance. Multi-year trend data was not available in the data provided, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent an improving, stable, or declining trajectory, and a parent interested in that context should ask the school. Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and metrics like AP access and dual-enrollment pathways simply do not apply at this grade band.
The comparison framework for placing this school against peers had only one district in the county comparison set, so no meaningful peer ranking is available from the data.
Pembroke Pines itself is a large, auto-oriented suburban city that grew rapidly in the latter decades of the twentieth century and is now approaching buildout. The residential character is predominant, with planned subdivisions, gated communities, and single-family neighborhoods making up the bulk of the developed land. Daily life requires a car for most errands; publicly reported walkability scores for most of the city's neighborhoods fall in the low range. The Pines Boulevard corridor carries the city's commercial weight, and a newer mixed-use city center area has brought some walkable retail and dining to what was historically a car-dependent landscape. Healthcare anchors the local economy alongside retail and public employment, with the Memorial Healthcare system, the city government, and Broward County Public Schools among the larger employers.
The housing market here sits above both the Florida statewide median and the national median in home values, with values having edged down slightly year over year as of spring 2026. Rents have also softened modestly. The rent-to-income ratio, using national income benchmarks, runs high, and the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home carries a substantial cost burden relative to that same benchmark. Families weighing a move to this attendance zone should factor in that Pembroke Pines is not an inexpensive market, even with recent softening.
Program-level detail for this school was not included in the data provided, so specifics about extracurriculars, enrichment offerings, or instructional model are not available here. Parents evaluating the school as a charter choice alongside the traditional district option would benefit from a direct conversation with the school about its programming philosophy and application or enrollment process. The district brief search was exhausted before confirming any lasting recent changes at the Broward district level, so that context is absent rather than absent because nothing is happening.
What the data does show is a high-performing elementary school by the measures Florida reports, drawing a diverse student population in a large, stable suburb that is more focused on residential quality of life than on urban density or walkability.
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