Rise Academy School of Science and Technology, Margate FL

Original Research by School Decision on Rise Academy School of Science and Technology

Rise Academy School of Science and Technology is a charter school in Margate, Florida, serving kindergarten through eighth grade within the Broward County school system. It occupies a focused niche: a science and technology theme carried through a K-8 range, giving families who want that orientation a single school from the earliest grades through the end of middle school.

The academic picture from Florida's FAST assessments is largely strong, particularly in math. Math proficiency in the upper elementary and middle school grades is well above what one would typically expect, and the eighth-grade cohort stands out as especially high-performing on both math and ELA. Third-grade math and ELA results are solid. The pattern in ELA is more uneven across grade levels, with fourth and fifth grade sitting lower than the school's better results elsewhere, though seventh and eighth grade ELA recover meaningfully. A parent whose child is entering those elementary ELA grades may want to ask the school directly about its literacy approach and supports.

The one area where the data raises a real question is eighth-grade science. For a school whose name centers on science and technology, the eighth-grade statewide science assessment result is quite low, well below the school's own math and ELA performance at the same grade and well below what one might expect given the school's identity. The fifth-grade science result is more moderate. This gap is worth exploring with the school, particularly for families who chose Rise Academy specifically for its science emphasis.

Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results reflect recent improvement, stability, or decline.

On student composition, a large majority of enrolled students are Black, with Hispanic students making up most of the remainder and white and Asian students each present in smaller shares. The school reports a very small share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is notably low for a Broward County charter and worth understanding in context. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not reported, so families seeking detail on special education services or English language support will need to ask the school directly.

Because this school's grade band stops at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. AP and dual-enrollment pathways do not apply here for the same reason. Program-level detail beyond the school's science and technology identity was not available in the data.

Margate itself is in a publicly reported wave of residential development. Multiple apartment and townhome projects are either under construction or proposed, including a long-planned City Center project for which Brookfield Properties has been named preferred developer. This level of housing activity suggests the surrounding neighborhood is in transition, which can matter for families thinking about stability, neighborhood character, and whether the school's enrollment might shift over time. Home values in the zip code have edged down modestly year over year even as rents have ticked up slightly, and the rent-to-income ratio here runs high relative to national norms, which is common across South Florida. Buying in this market carries a meaningful cost burden relative to income by national standards.

No parent-relevant changes in Broward County's district-level policies or programs were surfaced during research. The comparison fact-set for this school covers only Broward County's single district, which means a meaningful peer comparison across county districts was not possible with the available data.

Rise Academy draws a family who wants a K-8 charter with a STEM identity and who will find solid math performance, a mixed but often-above-average ELA profile, and a school worth pressing directly on its eighth-grade science results and its special-education and English-learner capacity before enrolling.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 68% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 484%

School 84% · District 69% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 63% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 784%

School 84% · District 59% · ▲ 25 pts above district

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

Grade 888%

School 88% · District 47% · ▲ 41 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 61% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 62% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 667%

School 67% · District 65% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 60% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 59% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 57% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 45% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below 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 3Lower-income65%Higher-income77%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income59%Higher-income69%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income64%Higher-income72%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income75%Higher-income80%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income70%Higher-income77%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income71%Higher-income71%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income59%Higher-income69%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income76%Higher-income68%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income79%Higher-income93%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income85%Higher-income93%8 pp gap