The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Sunshine Elementary Charter School
Sunshine Elementary Charter School sits in Hollywood, a coastal South Florida city whose identity is shaped by the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Memorial Healthcare System, and the regional economic pull of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades. The city blends urban density with a beach-adjacent texture, and the school's neighborhood on North 28th Avenue is roughly inland from that waterfront character.
The school is a public charter serving kindergarten through fifth grade. Its enrollment is small relative to a typical elementary school, with classes spread fairly evenly across the grade levels. The student body is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with a smaller share of white students and very few students from other groups. Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places economic need as a real feature of this community. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the records, so a parent wanting to understand support services for those populations should ask the school directly.
Academic performance on Florida's FAST assessments, reported for the most recent school year, shows that fewer than half of students in tested grades reached proficiency in reading and math. ELA proficiency was somewhat stronger in fourth and fifth grade than in third, while math results were relatively flat across the upper grades and lowest in third grade. The fifth-grade science results were considerably lower still, sitting well below what the state typically sees. Trend data across multiple years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether scores have been rising, falling, or holding steady. A parent would be reasonable to ask the school about its instructional strategies in each subject, especially science, and what trajectory the school is working toward.
No comparison positioning against other districts or schools in Broward County was possible from this data, because the comparison set contained only one district and the figures could not be placed in context that way.
The school operates as a charter within the Broward district. No magnet designation or Title I status was recorded in the data. The governance is straightforward public charter, meaning families choose to enroll rather than being assigned. Program offerings were not available in the records, so distinctive curriculum, enrichment programs, or extracurriculars are not documented here and would need to be confirmed with the school.
Housing near the school reflects a market that remains relatively expensive by national standards. Home values in the surrounding zip code sit close to the Florida statewide median, though they have dipped modestly year over year. Rents have moved slightly upward, and the share of income a typical renter would spend on housing is high enough that affordability is a real pressure in this community. Families renting rather than owning face a housing cost that makes the neighborhood a stretch on a median income.
Parent-relevant changes at the Broward district level were not surfaced before research was complete, so that section was left out rather than filled with guesses.
For a family weighing this school, the clearest picture is a small charter elementary serving a majority-minority, economically mixed community in urban South Florida. Academic outcomes in the most recent data are below state proficiency midpoints across tested subjects, and science results in particular are an area worth exploring with school leadership. The school's small size may mean more community feel and closer teacher relationships, though program breadth data was absent and cannot be assumed. The decision comes down to how a family weighs those academic numbers against the charter's specific approach, which this data alone cannot fully describe.
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