The top reported proficiency rate is 86% in Math. The lowest is 76% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Somerset Academy
Somerset Academy in Pembroke Pines is a public charter elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade on the western edge of Broward County. It sits in a part of the city that is largely residential and suburban, auto-oriented by design, and close to the planned mixed-use Pines City Center development that the city has built as its de facto downtown anchor. Families choosing this school are choosing a charter option within the Broward County public school system, meaning enrollment is open but not automatic and governed by the charter's own admission process.
The academic picture, as measured by Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent school year, is strong. Math proficiency across the three tested elementary grades runs from solidly high to very high, with third and fourth grade results well above what most Florida schools report and fifth grade somewhat below those two but still performing well. Reading and language arts results follow a similar pattern, with all three tested grades landing in a range that places the school clearly above the middle of the state distribution. Fifth grade science results, the one science measure available at this level, are also well above the state midpoint. Across the board, this is a school where the majority of students are reaching proficiency, and the margins are not thin. Multi-year trend data was not available in the data provided, so it is not possible to characterize direction of travel.
The school's enrollment is sizeable for a K-5 charter, with each grade carrying roughly similar cohort sizes. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, white, and Asian students. Close to two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a genuinely mixed economic population rather than a narrow affluent slice. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs were not available; a parent whose child may need either of those supports would want to ask the school directly about program depth and staffing.
No information on specific program offerings, course access, discipline practices, or attendance patterns was present in the data. Graduation rate is not applicable here because the school does not serve secondary grades. The neighbor comparison set available for Broward County contained only one district-level entity, so a formal positioning against peer schools was not possible from this data.
The surrounding community is a large, mature suburban city that has essentially reached buildout after decades of rapid residential growth. Publicly reported sources describe Pembroke Pines as primarily a car-dependent residential environment, with most daily errands requiring a vehicle and transit options present but limited. The Pines Boulevard corridor concentrates retail and commercial activity. Home values in the zip code where the school sits are substantially above the Florida state median and well above the national median, and rents are high enough that housing costs consume a large share of a typical household's income. The area around the school is among the more expensive residential markets in Broward County, which shapes who lives within a practical radius of the campus.
The Broward County district brief search did not return confirmed recent parent-relevant changes before the research budget was exhausted, so district-level priorities and any recent policy shifts were left out rather than guessed at.
For a family already in western Pembroke Pines, Somerset Academy represents a charter option with documented academic results that stand well above Florida norms at the elementary level. For a family considering the area, the housing market is a real variable: entry costs and carrying costs are high relative to statewide benchmarks, and rent-to-income ratios are stretched. The school itself does not have the soft-spot academic story that warrants caution; the question is more about fit within the charter model and whether the community's cost of living aligns with a family's situation.
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