📍 5251 Coconut Creek Pkwy, Margate, Broward County, 33063
Ascend Career Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Margate, Broward County. The school has 231 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Broward school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. It operates as a public charter school. 10% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 57%.
Ascend Career Academy enrolls 231 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 120 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 | 34% |
| White | 25 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
231 of the school's 231 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 231 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ascend Career 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 33, state house district 96.
Ascend Career 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 231 students, Ascend Career Academy is smaller than the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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