PINECREST CREEK CHARTER

PINECREST CREEK CHARTER is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, with 119 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 80% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

PINECREST CREEK CHARTER is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that caters to 207,778 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PINECREST CREEK CHARTER records that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PINECREST CREEK CHARTER has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PINECREST CREEK CHARTER higher than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINECREST CREEK CHARTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 60.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which PINECREST CREEK CHARTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: PRINCETON HOUSE CHARTER, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINECREST CREEK CHARTER. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINECREST CREEK CHARTER at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. PINECREST CREEK CHARTER operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 110 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 68% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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