PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in IMMOKALEE, Florida, overseen by COLLIER, works with 584 students in grades pre-K through 5.

COLLIER runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 48,252 students. PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Collier County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Collier County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 58.1%, a residual of +17.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Collier County) shows that median household income runs about $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Collier County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RCMA IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY ACADEMY, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 720 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.