PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the big elementary schools in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, with 1,001 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 66% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 28% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.3%, the actual is 84.5%, a residual of +8.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 83.3%.

PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 991 students in 2018 compared to 1,001 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 56% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.