The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in Math. The lowest is 36% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on New Life Charter Academy
New Life Charter Academy sits on Davie Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a small elementary charter school, and its enrollment is quite small for a school of its grade span. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, making this one of the most economically concentrated student populations you will find in Broward County. The student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with very small shares of other groups. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what we reviewed, so parents with children in those categories will want to ask the school directly about its supports.
State testing results come from Florida's FAST assessments and the fifth-grade Statewide Science Assessment, all from the most recent school year. The picture across subjects is uneven. In math, third graders perform below half proficient, fourth graders land right at the halfway mark, and fifth graders perform noticeably better, clearing well above half. In ELA, third grade comes in below half, fourth grade sits just above half, and fifth grade dips back below. The fifth-grade science result is below half proficient. Taken together, the reading and science numbers are soft across the tested grades, and math shows a more encouraging fifth-grade result. A parent weighing this school should ask what the school is doing at the classroom level to move those numbers, particularly in reading and science. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this data to say whether results are improving, holding, or declining.
No program information was provided, so details about any specialized curriculum, extracurricular offerings, enrichment, or extended supports are not something this account can describe. Parents should ask the school directly.
The comparison framework available here involves only one district in Broward County, which means the neighbor comparison tool cannot produce a meaningful position for this school relative to others. What can be said is that its proficiency rates in ELA and science sit below state midpoints, while fifth-grade math is a relative bright spot within the school's own results.
Fort Lauderdale itself is a city of sharp neighborhood contrasts. The address on Davie Boulevard is not in the high-rise waterfront districts; it sits in a more working-class stretch of the city west of downtown. The broader Fort Lauderdale housing market, based on the zip-level data available, carries home values well above the state average and rents that consume a very large share of a typical income. For families already in the area, this school represents a public charter option accessible without paying private tuition, which matters in a city where housing costs are already a significant pressure. The city is in a pronounced construction cycle downtown, with many new residential towers underway or planned, though that activity is geographically concentrated and unlikely to change the immediate neighborhood around the school in the near term.
The Broward district brief search did not surface confirmed recent changes at the district level relevant to parents, so that context was left out rather than guessed at.
For a family whose child is already enrolled or who lives nearby and is weighing charter options, the practical questions center on what specific academic supports the school provides given its test results, how it serves students with identified learning needs, and what the school's own account of its trajectory looks like. The data available here gives an honest starting point but leaves several of those questions open.
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