Summit Academy Charter School, Coral Springs FL

Original Research by School Decision on Summit Academy Charter School

Summit Academy Charter School sits on the northwest edge of Coral Springs, serving kindergarten through eighth grade as a public charter school within the Broward County district system. With an enrollment that puts it in the mid-size range for a K-8 school, it draws a student body that is majority Hispanic, with meaningful Black and white populations as well. Close to half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so this is not a campus serving a uniformly affluent neighborhood, even in a zip code where housing prices run well above state and national medians. Data on students with IEPs and English learner classifications were not available in the records we reviewed, so parents with children in those categories will want to ask the school directly.

The academic picture from Florida's FAST assessments shows real variation across grades and subjects, and that pattern is worth understanding before enrollment. In the elementary grades, math proficiency is a genuine strength: third and fifth graders performed solidly, and fourth graders were not far behind. ELA in the elementary years was more mixed, with most grades landing in the low-to-mid sixties, though fourth grade stood out on the higher end. The story shifts noticeably in middle school. Sixth-grade math proficiency drops well below what the school posts in grades three through five, and eighth-grade math and ELA both come in below the majority of students reaching proficiency. Seventh-grade ELA, by contrast, was the highest single result across all tested grades, which is an interesting outlier worth asking the school to explain. Science, tested in fifth and eighth grade, came in around or below the halfway mark at both levels.

The practical implication for a family considering this school is that the transition from upper elementary to middle school appears to coincide with a meaningful dip in tested outcomes, particularly in math. That does not tell you whether Summit Academy's instruction is the cause, whether the incoming cohort composition shifts, or whether a different explanation applies. A parent would do well to ask the school what supports are in place for the middle grades and how they track student progress across that transition.

No multi-year trend data was available, so there is no way from this data to say whether results are improving, declining, or holding steady. Program information was also not provided, so details about extracurricular offerings, enrichment tracks, or any specialty programming are gaps this data cannot fill.

On housing, the area around the school carries home values substantially above the Florida statewide median and well above national norms. Rents are also high, with the rent-to-income burden in this zip code running at a level that qualifies as strained by standard measures. That context matters for families weighing a school choice decision alongside a housing decision: the neighborhood near Summit Academy is not an entry-level market. Detailed background on Coral Springs as a community was not retrievable within our research process, and no confirmed recent district-level policy changes were available to report.

Summit Academy is a charter option within Broward County for families who want a K-8 setting with a notably diverse student body, stronger elementary than middle-school test results, and a school size that sits between a small boutique program and a large zoned campus. The middle-grade math performance in particular is an area a parent may want to probe further with the school before committing.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 380%

School 80% · District 68% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 474%

School 74% · District 69% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 63% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 63% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 59% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 47% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 61% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 62% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 62% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 674%

School 74% · District 65% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 785%

School 85% · District 60% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 59% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 57% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 3 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.