Port St. Lucie Charter Schools

St. Lucie Public Schools lists four Somerset campuses, three Renaissance or Tradition campuses and a charter school for autism with a Port St. Lucie address that opened in August 2026.

The district charter page gives each school as follows (St. Lucie Public Schools charter schools page). Somerset Academy Bethany (K-5) is at 500 SW Bethany Dr., Port St. Lucie, (772) 301-1716. Somerset Academy of St. Lucie (K-5) is at 4402 SW Yamada Dr., (772) 281-2300. Somerset Career Academy (6-12) and Somerset College Preparatory Academy High School (6-12) share 725 NW California Blvd., 772-343-7028. Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie (K-8) is at 300 NW Cashmere Blvd, (772) 344-5982; Renaissance Charter School of Tradition (K-8) at 10900 SW Tradition Parkway, (772) 236-2180; and Renaissance Tradition Preparatory High School (9-12) at 10970 Tradition Parkway, (772) 236-7034.

Treasure Coast School for Autism at 4291 SW Darwin Blvd, (772) 446-3816, carries the district note that the school opened in August 2026 and has no report card yet. The same page lists Hillcrest Academy Charter School (K-8) with the same note and no address, and Independence Classical Academy and the two South Tech Treasure Coast schools with Fort Pierce addresses.

The Census geocoder returns Port St. Lucie city, GEOID 1258715, for the Bethany Drive Somerset campus (Census geocoder, 500 SW Bethany Dr), the Cashmere Boulevard Renaissance campus (Census geocoder, 300 NW Cashmere Blvd), the Tradition Preparatory High address (Census geocoder, 10970 SW Tradition Pkwy), the Yamada Drive Somerset campus (Census geocoder, 4402 SW Yamada Dr), the shared California Boulevard Somerset campus (Census geocoder, 725 NW California Blvd) and the Tradition Parkway Renaissance campus (Census geocoder, 10900 SW Tradition Pkwy). It found no match for 4291 SW Darwin Blvd (Census geocoder, 4291 SW Darwin Blvd), so this guide places the autism charter school near Port St. Lucie rather than inside it.

In the FLDOE 2025-26 school grades, Somerset College Preparatory Academy, Somerset Career Academy and Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie earned an A, the two Somerset elementary campuses a B, and the two Tradition campuses a C.

The table uses the names in the state workbook, which marks each of these Port St. Lucie rows as a charter school (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook). Percent of points is the share of possible points the state awarded in 2026; the state counts a combination school A from 65 percent and an elementary A from 62 percent.

Two graduation figures appear in the same Port St. Lucie rows: Somerset College Preparatory Academy shows a 2024-25 graduation rate of 99 and Tradition Preparatory High School 100 (FLDOE school grades workbook). Somerset Career Academy has no 2024 grade in the file. The state file also marks Somerset Academy Bethany, Somerset Academy St. Lucie, Somerset College Preparatory Academy and Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie as Title I schools, and the two Tradition campuses and Somerset Career Academy as not Title I.

Federal enrollment counts for 2024-25 put Somerset College Preparatory Academy at 1,463 students, Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie at 1,413, Somerset Academy St. Lucie at 687, Somerset Academy Bethany at 527 and Somerset Career Academy at 40 (NCES school search, page 2; NCES school search, page 1). The two Tradition Parkway campuses do not appear among the 31 results for the city name Port St. Lucie.

Yes, Port St. Lucie charter schools are public schools under Florida law, and a charter school may not charge tuition or registration fees beyond those other public schools normally charge.

For Port St. Lucie families the key law is Florida Statutes 1002.33, which says all charter schools in Florida are public schools and part of the state's program of public education, and that a charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admissions, employment and operations (Florida Statutes 1002.33). The same section bars tuition or registration fees except those normally charged by other public schools.

The district describes how the arrangement works in Port St. Lucie: charter schools operate independently under a charter contract between a governing board and the local school board, hire their own teachers, design their own academic program and curriculum and control their own finances (district charter school overview). They must provide a curriculum aligned to Florida Standards, hire certified teachers, give Florida's accountability assessments, put student health and safety first and safeguard taxpayer funding.

A Port St. Lucie charter school must enroll every eligible student who applies on time unless applications exceed the capacity of a program, class, grade level or building, and then all applicants get an equal chance through random selection.

Under Florida Statutes 1002.33 a Port St. Lucie charter school may give enrollment preference to siblings of enrolled students, children of governing board members and children of charter school employees, among other groups the law lists (Florida Statutes 1002.33, eligible students). Students with disabilities and students in English for Speakers of Other Languages programs must have an equal opportunity of being selected, and a student may withdraw at any time and enroll in another public school.

Transportation works differently from district schools in Port St. Lucie: the statute makes the charter school responsible for transportation, which its governing body may arrange through an agreement with the school district, a private provider or parents, and the school and sponsor must make sure transportation is not a barrier for students living within a reasonable distance (Florida Statutes 1002.33, transportation).

Each Port St. Lucie charter school's nonprofit board of directors is ultimately responsible for its oversight, while St. Lucie Public Schools acts as the charter school authorizer.

As authorizer, the district reviews sponsor commitment and capacity, charter applications and contracts, renewals and terminations, and says it follows three principles: maintain high standards, uphold school autonomy and protect student and public interest (district charter school oversight). The district charter page lists parent support lines by operator: Charter Schools USA at (954) 202-3500 for the Renaissance and Tradition campuses, and Academica at (305) 669-2906 for the Somerset campuses in Port St. Lucie.

For concerns covered by Rule 6A-6.0791, the district lists a dispute resolution process required by HB 1557: a parent first submits a Dispute Resolution Form to the charter school administrator, and if no school-based resolution is reached the form can go to the SLPS Charter School Office at (772) 429-3997 (district charter page, dispute resolution). The district's main address is 9461 Brandywine Lane, Port St. Lucie, (772) 429-3600.

The district, state and federal records describe Somerset Academy of St. Lucie on SW Yamada Drive differently, and the two Tradition campuses carry different names in different files.

The district lists Somerset Academy of St. Lucie as K-5 with the phone (772) 281-2300 (district charter page), while the federal locator lists Somerset Academy St. Lucie at the same Port St. Lucie address as KG-8 with (772) 237-8600 (NCES school search, page 2). The state workbook codes it as an elementary school (FLDOE workbook). The district calls the Tradition K-8 campus Renaissance Charter School of Tradition, while the state file calls it Renaissance Charter School at Tradition, and the high school appears as Renaissance Tradition Preparatory High School in the district list and as Tradition Preparatory High School in the state file. A call to the school settles which grades it serves this year.

The Port St. Lucie schools hub covers district-run schools and the zone system.

Last verified: October 22, 2026, by re-reading the St. Lucie Public Schools charter list, the FLDOE 2025-26 grades workbook, NCES search results for Port St. Lucie, Florida Statutes 1002.33 and four Census geocoder lookups.