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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105008819
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS
6340 SUNSET DR, MIAMI, FL 33143 · (352) 978-3397 · Lake County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
321 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 136% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
58.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 55.1% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS this school | 583 | 55.1% | 57.0% |
| CANNELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 617 | 53.8% | 55.2% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 645 | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| HECTOR A. CAFFERATA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 606 | 60.6% | 48.2% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF POLK MIAMI | 613 | 58.1% | 39.5% |
| OCOEE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 723 | 56.6% | 47.6% |
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 PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,009 of 2,136 | #12 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,312 of 2,149 ▼ 162 | #19 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #917 of 2,149 ▼ 81 | #12 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #1,091 of 2,267 | #26 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,033 of 2,077 | #30 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #1,408 of 2,108 | #27 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #1,088 of 2,188 | #13 of 31 |
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
583
+223 (+62%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 583 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 55% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 22 | 23.3:1 | 61% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 20 | 25.5:1 | 62% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 14 | 25.7:1 | 54% (193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS.
About PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS is a mid-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. Federal data show 583 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS is part of a district of 60 schools: LAKE, with 47,997 students.
Of every 100 students at PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS, about 68 are Hispanic. It is also 20% White and 8% Black. Lake County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 49 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS scores 49%.
Based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS has a ratio of 22.4:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Lake County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.6% at PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.0%.
In Lake County, home to about 412,924 people, the median household earns about $73,161 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Lake County number 67, with about 47,997 students.
LAKE POINTE ACADEMY is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS at 4th of 9.
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. NCES lists PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS as a charter school.
The school's enrollment figures are 360 for 2020-21 and 583 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. The number of students per teacher dropped from 25.7 to 22.4 over 4 years.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
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- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE POINTE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 985
- SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 853
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF POLK3.1 mi · 613
- WATER SPRING MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 1,064
- WATER SPRING ELEMENTARY3.4 mi · 1,013
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOL3.6 mi · 1,496
Frequently asked questions
About PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERSHow large is PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS?
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS enrolls approximately 583 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS serve?
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS?
At PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS, the student body is approximately 20% White, 68% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS in?
PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS is part of LAKE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.