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HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of compact scale in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, run under BROWARD, caters to 461 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that serves 243,591 students overall.
On the student-mix side, HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 38% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 2% of students at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.4%; this one delivers 76.5%.
Around the school, census data for Broward County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.7%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site. HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 39% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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