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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001399
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY
1006 FERNDELL RD, ORLANDO, FL 32808 · (407) 296-6500 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
502 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 58 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
44.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
39.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 40.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 HILLS ELEMENTARY
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY this school | 671 | 74.8% | 41.5% |
| GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 595 | 75.3% | 36.9% |
| RUTLEDGE H. PEARSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 758 | 75.5% | 44.3% |
| HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 619 | 73.7% | 44.2% |
| NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 614 | 78.2% | 37.4% |
| FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 613 | 73.6% | 40.8% |
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 HILLS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #1,742 of 2,136 | #138 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #1,946 of 2,149 ▼ 135 | #146 of 159 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,594 of 2,149 ▲ 34 | #122 of 159 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #807 of 2,267 | #49 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,368 of 2,077 | #126 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #1,805 of 2,108 | #148 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #283 of 2,188 | #16 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #451 of 621 | #18 of 30 |
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
671
+62 (+10%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 75% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 78% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 83% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 79% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 79% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 81% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2000-01 | 910 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 87% (794) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 34 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY.
About PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school for students in ORLANDO, Florida. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 671 students.
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY is one of the 272 schools that make up ORANGE (207,778 students in total).
The share of Black students at PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY is 82%. Next come 7% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY scores 33%.
Based on 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 16.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Income data for the school show 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 36 points above the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
After adjusting for student poverty, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.5%; the prediction is 43.7%.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Orange County number 286, with about 216,813 students.
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY is about 0.7 miles from ROBINSWOOD MIDDLE, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 671 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 609. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 16.8:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other Pine Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pine Hills Elementary. PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLALBANY, NY · 363 students
Nearby schools
- ROBINSWOOD MIDDLE0.7 mi · 985
- MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 436
- HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 619
- UCP PINE HILLS CHARTER1.1 mi · 204
- ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 458
- MAYNARD EVANS HIGH1.4 mi · 2,345
Frequently asked questions
About PINE HILLS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY?
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY serve?
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY?
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 6% White, 7% Hispanic, 82% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY?
PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.