The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Math. The lowest is 32% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Panacea Prep Charter School
Panacea Prep Charter School is a small elementary charter school in Coral Springs, serving kindergarten through fifth grade within the Broward County school system. Its enrollment is quite small for a K-5 school, and the student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and very few white students. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which makes this one of the more economically concentrated student populations you will find in a Florida elementary school.
The academic picture is genuinely mixed, and a parent should look at it by subject rather than treating it as a single story. Math results are a real strength. Third-grade math proficiency on the FAST assessment is exceptionally high by any standard, and fifth-grade math is also strong. Fourth-grade math sits above the midpoint but represents a dip worth asking the school about. ELA tells a different story. Third-grade reading is solid, but fourth and fifth grade ELA proficiency rates drop considerably, with fourth grade in particular falling well below what most families would hope to see. The fifth-grade science result on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment is the school's weakest reported number, coming in low enough that a parent would reasonably want to ask the school directly how it is approaching science instruction and whether curriculum changes are underway. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether these patterns are improving, stable, or recent.
No information on special education rates, English learner populations, chronic absenteeism, or course program offerings was available in the data, so those dimensions of the school's environment cannot be characterized here.
The school sits on North University Drive in Coral Springs, a city in northwestern Broward County. The local housing market around the school's zip code carries a typical home value well above both the Florida state median and the national median, making Coral Springs a relatively expensive place to buy. Rents in the area consume a substantial share of a typical household's income. The gap between renting and buying is relatively narrow, which may matter to families deciding whether to settle long-term in the area. Home values have edged slightly downward year over year, in line with a broader softening seen across Florida.
Web research on Coral Springs' civic character, major employers, and neighborhood walkability was not successfully retrieved before the research budget was exhausted, so those dimensions of the community are not described here. Similarly, no confirmed recent district-level changes from Broward County Schools were available.
Because the comparison universe in Broward County contained only a single district, a meaningful peer comparison for proficiency was not possible, so no positioning against county neighbors is offered.
For a family drawn to a charter setting with a strong math foundation, a student body that is predominantly Black and economically similar to their own, and a small school where your child is unlikely to get lost, Panacea Prep has real things to offer. The ELA and science gaps are real too, and a direct conversation with school leadership about how those are being addressed would be a sensible next step before enrolling.
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