SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER

SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in NORTH LAUDERDALE, Florida, run under BROWARD. Current enrollment sits at 708 students spanning grades K through 8.

BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER logs that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 33.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER higher than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Broward County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 52.0%, a residual of +19.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH AT NORTH LAUDERDA, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.1%.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER has fell 10%, going from 786 students in 2018 to 708 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 33.7:1 today.

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