Summary
Summit Academy Charter School is a K-8 school in Coral Springs, FL, serving 388 students within the Broward district, and it has recently undergone a dramatic shift in its student population, with the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced lunch dropping from 45.97% to just 3.35% in a single year.
This school shows a "U-shaped" performance pattern, excelling in early elementary grades and advanced middle school courses, but struggling in the middle grades. For example, 85% of 3rd graders were proficient in math, yet only 44% of 6th graders and 33% of 8th graders reached that level. A major strength is its exceptional performance in end-of-course exams, with 97% of students proficient in Civics and 82% in Algebra 1, far outpacing district and state averages. However, a notable weakness is 5th-grade science, where only 34% of students were proficient, a 26-point deficit compared to the district. Chronic absenteeism is also a persistent concern, with 29.4% of students chronically absent in 2023-2024, nearly double the rate at nearby Eagle Ridge Elementary School (16.7%).
Compared to other local schools, Summit Academy's spending of $12,782 per student is higher than top-performing schools like Heron Heights Elementary School ($9,956) and Park Trails Elementary School ($10,828), yet its overall state ranking (66th percentile) is significantly lower than those schools (98th and 92nd percentile). Interestingly, Imagine School at Broward, another K-8 charter with a similarly low free/reduced lunch rate (3.57%), consistently outperforms Summit Academy in nearly every metric, ranking in the 89th percentile with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 1.3%. This suggests that while Summit Academy has strong pockets of success, particularly in advanced coursework, it faces challenges in middle-grade math and science, and its instructional model may still be adapting to its new student body.
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