Imagine Charter School at Weston, Ft Lauderdale FL

Original Research by School Decision on Imagine Charter School at Weston

Imagine Charter School at Weston sits in the northeastern Fort Lauderdale zip code, serving kindergarten through eighth grade under a charter granted through Broward County. Despite the "Weston" name, the physical address places it in Fort Lauderdale proper, a city whose economy spans finance, marine industries, tourism, technology, and healthcare, anchored by major employers like AutoNation and MSC Cruises and busy infrastructure in Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The city draws roughly ten million visitors annually and carries a substantial seasonal-resident population, which gives the surrounding area a mixed commercial and resort character alongside its residential neighborhoods.

The school's academic profile, drawn from the most recent Florida FAST assessments, is genuinely strong across most of the grades it serves. Math proficiency in the elementary years runs well into the upper range of what you would hope to see, with fifth grade in particular posting a very high rate. ELA follows a similar arc, climbing through the middle elementary grades and holding solidly in sixth and seventh. Science proficiency at fifth grade is solid as well. These are real strengths, and families looking at elementary and early middle performance will find a consistent record here.

The picture changes somewhat in seventh grade math, where proficiency drops noticeably compared to the grades just above and below it. Eighth grade ELA and science also come in lower than the school's own results at earlier grades, though they remain at or above what many Florida schools post. The seventh grade math dip in particular is worth raising directly with the school, since it stands out against an otherwise strong pattern. Trend data was not available in the payload, so it is not possible to say whether these results have been improving or holding steady over time.

The enrollment is substantial for a K-8 charter. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with white and Asian students making up the next largest shares and smaller proportions of other groups. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is well below county and state norms and points to a family income profile that skews considerably above average. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not reported in the available data, so families whose children need those services may want to ask the school directly about what support looks like in practice.

The housing market around this zip code is expensive. Typical home values sit well above both the Florida state midpoint and the national midpoint, and they have edged down slightly over the past year. Rents, meanwhile, have moved modestly upward. Estimated monthly housing costs relative to local incomes are stretched, and rent consumes a large share of median income in this market. For families considering a move into the area specifically for this school, the housing cost picture is a real variable.

Broward County operates only one district in this comparison set, so a direct peer comparison on proficiency or other measures was not possible from the available data.

No information on program offerings, extracurriculars, staffing ratios, or attendance rates was present in the data. The district brief returned no confirmed parent-relevant changes at the Broward level before the research budget ran out. Families who want a fuller picture of day-to-day environment and available supports would need to contact the school directly or attend an open house.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 382%

School 82% · District 68% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 487%

School 87% · District 69% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 595%

School 95% · District 63% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 686%

School 86% · District 63% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 59% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 884%

School 84% · District 47% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 61% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 62% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 62% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 690%

School 90% · District 65% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 790%

School 90% · District 60% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 57% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 45% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolBROWARD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.