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PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 81.2% | 81.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 28 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
Schools most like PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)
PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)'s state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) this school | 733 | 60.2% | 79.0% |
| BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY MIAMI | 841 | 56.7% | 59.1% |
| SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 805 | 58.9% | 49.6% |
| MEADOWLANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 786 | 60.9% | 55.2% |
| HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 700 | 61.7% | 40.4% |
| MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 620 | 63.2% | 53.0% |
Where PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #192 of 2,136 | #34 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #341 of 2,149 ▼ 160 | #62 of 279 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #208 of 2,149 ▼ 117 | #42 of 279 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #610 of 2,267 | #71 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #1,931 of 2,077 | #242 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #2,035 of 2,108 | #197 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #903 of 2,188 | #118 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #1,275 of 1,374 | #181 of 185 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 60% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 67% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | N/A | N/A | 57% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 28 | 27.1:1 | 57% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 37 | 20.3:1 | 56% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 61% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 34 | 22.1:1 | 50% (377) |
About PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)
PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) is a mid-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, under MIAMI-DADE. It reports enrollment of 733 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
MIAMI-DADE enrolls 335,685 students, and its 527 schools include PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS).
The share of Hispanic students at PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) is 95%. Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 9%.
PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 2.3 students per teacher. About 60% of students at PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Florida public elementary schools.
PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) is a top-10% school in Florida on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.0% with an actual 79.0%.
For the population of Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
Measured in a straight line, DANTE B. FASCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS). The five-mile area around PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 63.1% proficiency; PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) posts 79.0%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 25 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 27.1 to 19.8 over 4 years.
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