PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON

Located at 6340 SUNSET DR, in MIAMI, Florida, PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON is an intimate elementary school that educates 498 students (grades K through 5), operated by ORANGE.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON is among them.

In terms of who attends, PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.7%; actual is 82.9%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PINECREST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 74.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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