The top reported proficiency rate is 82% in Math. The lowest is 63% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Somerset Academy East Preparatory
Somerset Academy East Preparatory is a small charter school in Miramar, Florida, serving kindergarten through fifth grade (sixth grade appears on the roster but had no enrolled students in the most recent data). It sits on South State Road 7, a corridor the city has publicly identified as a priority for infrastructure rebuilding as Miramar manages its continued growth. The school is part of the Broward district's charter universe, and virtually its entire student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, signaling a community facing real economic pressure. Students are predominantly Black and Hispanic, drawn from a city that is itself notably diverse and majority minority. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what we were given, so a parent with those specific questions would want to ask the school directly.
On academics, the picture is genuinely strong, particularly in math. Florida reports results by grade using the FAST assessment, and the school's third, fourth, and fifth graders each produced proficiency rates that sit well above what would be considered middling for Florida elementary schools. Fifth-grade math results in particular are striking, landing near the very top of what any school could post. Reading follows a similar, if slightly less pronounced, pattern: third through fifth graders are all hitting proficiency at rates a parent would reasonably consider solid to strong by Florida standards. Fifth-grade science, measured on the statewide science assessment, comes in at a more modest level, meaningfully lower than the school's math and ELA numbers, and a parent may want to ask the school how science instruction is resourced and sequenced relative to its other subjects. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement or have been consistent.
Because the school is a pure K-6 elementary charter, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-enrollment data, and no career pathway information to report. Those measures simply do not apply at this grade band. The comparison fact-set for Broward County contained only a single district, so a meaningful side-by-side against peer districts was not possible under the data we received.
Miramar itself gives context worth knowing. The city grew rapidly over several decades from a small planned suburb into a large, diverse, economically active community. The housing market around the school reflects that arc: home values are well above the Florida state median and have edged down slightly in the past year, while rents remain high relative to income, making the area genuinely expensive for families at median wages. The rent-to-income burden in the area is substantial. Miramar is predominantly car-dependent, and the school's location on State Road 7 means most families are arriving by vehicle. The city's civic life is concentrated in the Town Center complex several miles away, which houses the library, cultural center, and a transit hub, while school campuses like this one are spread across separate suburban sites.
The employer base is substantial, anchored by the Miramar Park of Commerce, where companies including Humana, Quest Diagnostics, and others employ large workforces, though Spirit Airlines, long a major corporate presence in the park, has publicly announced a planned move to a neighboring city.
District-level information on Broward's strategic priorities or recent policy changes was not available; the research turned up no lasting updates before the search concluded, so that context was left out rather than guessed at.
What Somerset Academy East Preparatory offers, based on the data available, is a small charter elementary with legitimately strong math and reading performance serving a high-need population. The school's size means a family should weigh whether the limited peer group and single-building environment fits their child. Science results are the one academic area worth probing further.
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