📍 19620 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, Broward County, 33029
Somerset Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pembroke Pines, Broward County. The school has 645 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Broward school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 80% of students are proficient in reading. 73% are proficient in maths.
Somerset Academy enrolls 645 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Black or African American and 6.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 499 | 77% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 8.7% |
| White | 40 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 37 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 645 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 211 qualify for free lunch and 56 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Somerset Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 104.
Somerset Academy is one of 329 schools in BROWARD, based in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. The district serves 243,553 students district-wide and employs 12,532 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 645 students, Somerset Academy is close to the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large