Championship Academy of Distinction at Davie, Davie FL

Original Research by School Decision on Championship Academy of Distinction at Davie

Championship Academy of Distinction at Davie is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, located on North University Drive in Davie, Florida, within the Broward County Public Schools district. It enrolls a small-to-mid-sized student body for its grade band, with a predominantly Hispanic student population and a meaningful but not majority share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school's academic results on Florida's FAST assessments and the Statewide Science Assessment tell a mixed story, and parents should look at them grade by grade rather than as a single picture. In math, fifth graders post a strong proficiency rate that stands out clearly against the rest of the tested grades. Third and fourth graders land in the mid-range, seventh graders are somewhat below that, sixth graders are a step below, and eighth-grade math proficiency is low enough that a parent would reasonably want to ask the school directly what supports are in place for students as they move through the upper middle grades. ELA results are more compressed and generally modest across the board. Fifth grade is again the high point, while the other tested grades cluster in the mid-to-lower range, with eighth-grade ELA the weakest reading among all tested years. Science, tested in fifth and eighth grades, follows a similar arc: fifth-grade science is below the midpoint and eighth-grade science is quite low. Trend data were not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether performance has been improving or holding steady. A broader comparison against other Broward County districts was not computable because the comparison set contained only one district, so relative positioning cannot be described.

No information on IEP rates, English learner rates, or chronic absenteeism was reported in the data provided. Course offerings and staffing data were also absent. Title I status was not reported. Parents interested in support services for students with disabilities or English learners, or in the school's elective and enrichment offerings, should ask the school directly.

Davie itself is a large town that spans a wide range of textures. The western sections lean rural, with equestrian estates and a deliberate "Western" character carried through in older architecture. University Drive, where the school sits, is a busy commercial corridor. The South Florida Education Center nearby clusters Nova Southeastern University, Florida Atlantic University, Broward College, and McFatter Technical College within walking or shuttle distance, making higher education unusually visible in daily life. The town is in an active growth phase concentrated along the Davie Road corridor, where a major high-rise mixed-use development and several pipeline apartment projects are either under construction or approved. That growth is adding density near the downtown, which may shape the neighborhood character around the school over the coming years.

Housing in the immediate area is priced well above the Florida state median and noticeably above the national median, with values that have edged slightly downward year over year. Renting is also expensive relative to income, with rent-to-income levels that reflect broader South Florida affordability pressures. Families relocating to Davie for this school should factor that context into their housing search.

District-level information on recent changes within Broward County Public Schools was not available from the research conducted, so the broader district context beyond what the school's own data shows was left out rather than guessed at.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 68% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 458%

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

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

Grade 579%

School 79% · District 63% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 63% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 769%

School 69% · District 59% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 47% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 61% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 62% · ▼ 20 pts below district

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

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 62% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 65% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 60% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 59% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 57% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below 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.