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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001870
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
405 W 27TH ST, SANFORD, FL 32773 · (407) 320-5450 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
667 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 53.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 714 | 93.4% | 50.7% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLS AT PINES PEMBROKE PINES | 761 | 96.7% | 49.4% |
| WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANFORD | 585 | 86.3% | 43.0% |
| POLK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WALES | 523 | 99.0% | 43.2% |
| SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 505 | 85.0% | 55.4% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT WEST PALM BEACH | 985 | 97.1% | 43.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,306 of 2,136 | #38 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,730 of 2,149 ▼ 512 | #39 of 41 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,828 of 2,149 ▼ 307 | #41 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #667 of 2,267 | #19 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #112 of 2,077 | #2 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #557 of 2,108 | #29 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #24 of 2,188 | #1 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #593 of 621 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
714
+77 (+12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 714 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 93% (667) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 54.3 | 12.4:1 | 92% (617) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 41.6 | 16.9:1 | 89% (621) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 93% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 59 | 12.0:1 | 88% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 812 | 67 | 12.1:1 | 90% (733) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 61 | 12.0:1 | 84% (613) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 65% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 937 | 55 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in SANFORD, Florida, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 714 students.
SEMINOLE counts 74 schools and 63,934 students, including PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 49 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 29% Black, 16% White, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Seminole County is roughly 24% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Staffing at PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.8:1. The school's 12.8:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Seminole County.
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 16.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 50.7% actual versus 34.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Seminole County, median household income comes to about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Seminole County counts 77 public schools with about 63,934 students.
SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 60.2%, higher than PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 50.7%.
NCES describes the area around PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 77 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.5:1 to 12.8:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in SANFORD
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,385 students
- MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,323 students
- BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 903 students
- GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNETElementary · 901 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 896 students
Other Pine Crest Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pine Crest Elementary. PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Pine Crest ElementarySilver Spring, MD · 493 students
- Pine Crest Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, IL · 429 students
Nearby schools
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 3,807
- SCPS CONSEQUENCE UNIT0.9 mi · 25
- SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,385
- GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET1.5 mi · 901
- WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 585
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND PROGRAM1.6 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 714 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 49% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.