PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES

Located at 2550 HUFFSTETLER DR, in TAVARES, Florida, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is a large elementary campus that caters to 972 students (grades K through 8), operated by LAKE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES sits 61% above that benchmark.

Across the 60 schools in LAKE (47,997 students total), PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $73,161, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), of which PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES. On composite proficiency, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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