Summary:
The seven public schools serving Cooper City, Florida, all part of the Broward County School District, form a high-performing educational system that spans from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
For parents, the standout academic performer is Embassy Creek Elementary School, which earned a 5-star rating and ranks in the 96th percentile statewide, consistently achieving proficiency rates in the 80-89% range across all subjects. Renaissance Charter School at Cooper City is a remarkable efficiency champion, achieving a 4-star rating and 84th percentile ranking despite having the highest percentage of students on free/reduced lunch (58.37%), while also boasting an astonishingly low chronic absenteeism rate of 0.3% and the lowest per-student spending at $9,023. Pioneer Middle School excels as a STEM launchpad, with near-perfect proficiency rates of 97-100% in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Biology 1 End-of-Course exams. Cooper City High School leads with a 98.9% graduation rate, far exceeding district and state averages, though it also has the city's highest chronic absenteeism rate at 41.0%.
Key takeaways include that economic status does not predict success, as Renaissance Charter School outperforms the more affluent Franklin Academy Cooper City in state ranking (84th vs. 78th percentile) and has far lower absenteeism. There is also no clear link between spending and results, as Griffin Elementary School spends the most per student ($14,452) with the smallest class sizes but ranks lower than Embassy Creek, which spends less ($10,549) with larger classes. Overall, Cooper City schools rank in the top 25% of their school types in Florida, with three schools achieving 5-star ratings in recent years.
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