Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science Middle School, Hollywood FL

Original Research by School Decision on Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science Middle School

Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science Middle School is a charter school serving sixth through eighth grade in Hollywood, Florida, operating within Broward County. It sits on Van Buren Street in a city that carries the texture of coastal South Florida living, shaped by the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, a major healthcare system, an aerospace firm, and the economic pull of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Port Everglades, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport nearby.

The academic profile here stands out. On Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent reported school year, proficiency rates in math climb across grade levels, with sixth graders posting strong results and eighth graders reaching very high proficiency, among the strongest outcomes a middle school can produce on a state exam. ELA results are also strong across all three grades, with sixth and seventh graders scoring above what most families would consider a comfortable threshold, and eighth graders close behind. Eighth-grade science scores follow a similar pattern. Taken together, these numbers place this school well above what parents would typically see in a broad Broward County comparison. Multi-year trend data was not available in what we reviewed, so it is not possible to say whether this represents sustained performance or a more recent trajectory.

About a little more than half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which means the school serves a genuinely economically mixed population while producing these outcomes. Enrollment is small for a three-grade middle school, and that relatively intimate size is worth weighing. The school is predominantly white and Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black and Asian students. The breakdown of students with IEPs or English learner designations was not available in the data we reviewed; parents with students who need those services may want to ask the school directly about how those programs are staffed and structured.

The only program specifically identified in the data is soccer. The school's arts and science identity is in its name, but detailed information on what that means in practice, whether through visual or performing arts courses, dedicated science enrichment, dual-enrollment access, or specific electives, was not available here. That is a meaningful gap for any family drawn to the school specifically because of that focus. The school's website would be the right place to get a concrete answer.

On housing, the zip code around the school reflects a market where home values sit close to the Florida statewide median, though they have dipped modestly year over year. Rents have edged slightly higher over the same period. The rent-to-income ratio in this area runs quite high by national standards, and the estimated monthly cost of carrying a mortgage is substantial, so affordability is a real consideration for families thinking about planting roots here rather than continuing to rent. Current mortgage rates are elevated relative to the recent past, which compounds that picture.

The comparison fact-set for Broward County included only a single district, so the data did not produce a meaningful peer positioning for this school against county neighbors. District-level updates from Broward were not confirmed before the research window closed, so we left that section out rather than speculate.

For a family weighing this school, the core case rests on demonstrated academic performance across all three tested grade levels, a smaller-than-average enrollment that may suit students who do well in tighter communities, and a location in a city with real economic and civic infrastructure. The arts and science theme warrants a direct conversation with the school to understand what it actually looks like in the schedule and course offerings.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 676%

School 76% · District 63% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Grade 787%

School 87% · District 59% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 896%

School 96% · District 47% · ▲ 49 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 53 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 683%

School 83% · District 65% · ▲ 18 pts above district

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

Grade 783%

School 83% · District 60% · ▲ 23 pts above district

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

Grade 876%

School 76% · District 59% · ▲ 17 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 876%

School 76% · District 45% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 34 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income83%Higher-income82%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income76%Higher-income92%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income70%Higher-income81%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income81%Higher-income72%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income85%Higher-income90%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income96%Higher-income97%1 pp gap