NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY

NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY is an one-room-style K-5 school in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, operated by BROWARD. The school caters to 110 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY sits 82% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that serves 243,591 students overall.

On demographics, NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 79.8%; NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY posts 44.4%, -35.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Broward County shows median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UCP EARLY BEGINNINGS, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY has shrank 15%, going from 129 students in 2018 to 110 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 73% to 45% across the same window.

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