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Enrollment
972
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105008894
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES
2550 HUFFSTETLER DR, TAVARES, FL 32778 · (352) 508-7610 · Lake County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL972 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
423 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 49% larger than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
70%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
71.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
76.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.6% | 76.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 72.1% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 TAVARES
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES this school | 972 | 43.5% | 71.2% |
| NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 939 | 39.6% | 40.9% |
| SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 904 | 45.0% | 49.3% |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 773 | 42.0% | 55.4% |
| TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,057 | 43.5% | 46.9% |
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL JACKSONVILLE | 814 | 45.7% | 75.9% |
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 TAVARES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #419 of 2,136 | #6 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #409 of 2,149 ▲ 53 | #6 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #378 of 2,149 ▼ 53 | #5 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 972 | #221 of 2,267 | #9 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,899 of 2,077 | #29 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #193 of 2,108 | #5 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #1,487 of 2,188 | #19 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
972
+499 (+105%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 972 | 50 | 19.4:1 | 44% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 45 | 20.4:1 | 45% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 41 | 19.8:1 | 36% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 5% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES.
About PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in TAVARES, Florida. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 972 students. It has 61% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
Within LAKE, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is one of 60 schools. The district enrolls 47,997 students.
The student body at PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES has no majority group. White students lead at 40%. Next come 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 67% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 44% at PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES.
In Florida, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 71.2% actual against a predicted 59.4%.
In the wider Lake County area, the median household earns about $73,161 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Lake County, 67 public schools serve about 47,997 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LAKE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, is about 1.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is Suburb: Mid-size. PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is a public charter school.
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES had 473 students in 2020-21 and 972 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,683 students
- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,763 students
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Other schools in TAVARES
- TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,458 students
- TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 933 students
- TAVARES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 870 students
- NONSCHOOL EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONCombined · 18 students
- LAKE COUNTY ACER PROGRAMHigh · 5 students
- NON SCHOOL PKElementary · 5 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.3 mi · 247
- TAVARES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 870
- EUSTIS HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 684
- LAKE SUCCESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 3
- NON SCHOOL PK1.7 mi · 5
- NONSCHOOL EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION1.7 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARESHow many students attend PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES?
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES enrolls approximately 972 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES serve?
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES have?
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES?
Student demographics at PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES are roughly 40% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES in?
PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES is part of LAKE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.