The top reported proficiency rate is 84% in English language arts. The lowest is 77% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Somerset Academy Boca Middle School
Somerset Academy Boca Middle School is a small charter school serving sixth through eighth grade in Boca Raton, Florida, operating under the Palm Beach district umbrella. Its enrollment is quite small for a middle school, concentrated most heavily in the sixth grade with progressively fewer students in seventh and eighth. Families considering it should understand that this is genuinely an intimate setting, one where class sizes are likely to be very small and where the community of peers is narrow by design or circumstance.
Academically, the school's FAST assessment results from the most recent school year tell a mostly strong story, particularly in reading and language arts. ELA proficiency in seventh grade is exceptionally high, and sixth grade ELA and sixth grade math both show very strong performance. Eighth grade ELA and eighth grade science come in somewhat lower but still comfortably above what most Florida middle schools produce. The one area a parent may want to look into further is eighth grade math, where proficiency drops noticeably compared to the school's own performance in other grades and subjects. Whether that reflects curriculum pacing, student cohort composition, or something else in the instructional program is not clear from the data alone, and it would be worth asking the school directly.
Placed against districts in Palm Beach County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint among the county's districts, which is a meaningful position given that Palm Beach County includes some well-resourced suburban schools. Chronic absenteeism and graduation rate comparisons are not applicable here: this is a middle school, so there is no graduation cohort to report, and absenteeism data was not available.
About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a relatively modest share compared to many Florida public schools. The student body is majority white with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller shares of Black students and students of other backgrounds. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not reported, so those populations are a gap in what can be said.
The school sits in Boca Raton, publicly described as one of the wealthier cities in Florida. The city has a strong corporate and commercial base, with major employers in financial services, technology, and life sciences, including large firms headquartered there and Florida Atlantic University as a higher-education anchor. Mizner Park is the city's main pedestrian and cultural district. Housing values in the immediate zip code are strikingly high, well above the Florida statewide median and substantially above national norms. Rents follow a similar pattern. The estimated monthly housing cost relative to typical household income signals that this is one of the more expensive residential markets in the state, and families relocating here should budget accordingly. Year-over-year home values have barely moved, suggesting a market that may be plateauing after prior appreciation.
No program-specific information was available for this school, so AP access, elective offerings, extracurriculars, and any dual-enrollment pathways are gaps. For a middle school, AP access does not apply, but elective depth and after-school programming are still worth investigating directly with the school. No information on recent district-level changes was surfaced in the research for the Palm Beach district.
For a family drawn to a small-cohort charter environment in an affluent South Florida city, with generally strong reading performance and solid science results, this school has real academic substance behind it. The eighth grade math picture, the narrow enrollment size, and the absence of program detail are the questions worth pursuing before making a decision.
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