PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an expansive elementary school in BROOKSVILLE, Florida, part of HERNANDO. Current enrollment sits at 943 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 56% above typical.

HERNANDO comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 23,734 students; PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Hernando County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 51.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hernando County put median household earnings sit near $66,058, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hernando County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students), of which PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WEST HERNANDO MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 879 students in 2018 compared to 943 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 57% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.