Renaissance Charter School at Coral Springs, Coral Springs FL

Original Research by School Decision on Renaissance Charter School at Coral Springs

Renaissance Charter School at Coral Springs sits on West Sample Road in Coral Springs, a suburban city in Broward County, serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as a charter school under the Broward County public school system, which means enrollment is by choice rather than by attendance zone.

The school is large for a K-8 charter. Enrollment is spread fairly evenly across grades, with slightly thinner numbers in the upper middle school years, which is common for schools of this type. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse: Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by Black students, then white students, with smaller Asian and multiracial populations. One detail worth noting is that only a small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school well below what you typically see in a large urban district. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not reported, so a parent seeking specifics on special education or language support services should ask the school directly.

On Florida's FAST assessments, the picture varies meaningfully by grade and subject. In math, third grade results are a genuine strength, with a clear majority of students scoring proficient. Eighth grade math is even stronger, landing among the higher results in the school's profile. Fifth grade math, however, sits well below that high-water mark, with fewer than half of students proficient, and a parent may want to ask the school what accounts for that dip across the middle elementary years. Sixth and seventh grade math recovers to solid ground before the eighth-grade surge. In ELA, results are more consistent across grades, running roughly in the upper-half-to-two-thirds range from third through seventh grade, with eighth grade ELA also finishing strong. Science, tested only in fifth and eighth grades, lands in the mid-range at fifth grade and modestly above that at eighth. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining.

No program offerings were reported in the data, so specifics on enrichment, arts, athletics, or before-and-after care are gaps a parent should explore with the school. A graduation rate does not apply here because the school ends at eighth grade.

Coral Springs sits in the northern part of Broward County. The local housing market is expensive relative to both the state and national medians, with home values substantially above the Florida average and well above the national figure. Values have edged slightly downward over the past year, but the market remains among the pricier in the region. Renting is also costly, with rent consuming a high share of the median household income nationally. Families considering a move to be near this school should expect a competitive and expensive housing environment.

The comparison framework for this school notes only one district in the county cohort, which means the standard proficiency-index comparison against neighboring districts could not be produced. That limits the ability to place this school's results in a local competitive context.

The Broward district brief found no confirmed parent-relevant policy or programmatic changes to report, and the Coral Springs locale brief returned no sourced detail on the city's character, employers, or civic life before the search budget ran out, so those dimensions are left out rather than approximated.

What this school offers, taken together, is a large, diverse K-8 charter option in a well-resourced suburban setting, with math results that are genuinely strong at the bookend grades and reading results that hold in the solid range across the board. The fifth-grade math results and the gaps in special-population data are the areas where a family would want to press for more before deciding.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 68% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 69% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 63% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 63% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 770%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 886%

School 86% · District 47% · ▲ 39 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 61% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 62% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 62% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 2 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 763%

School 63% · District 60% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 878%

School 78% · District 59% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 57% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 45% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 16 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 3Lower-income59%Higher-income64%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income55%Higher-income64%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income55%Higher-income65%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income64%Higher-income70%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income63%Higher-income63%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income79%Higher-income76%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income70%Higher-income80%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income57%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income39%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income68%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income63%Higher-income77%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income82%Higher-income90%8 pp gap