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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,001
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000496
PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10250 SW 57TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33156 · (305) 667-5579 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,001 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
98 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
87.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 1 points.
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
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,001
+10 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.0:1
% White
28%
was 32%
% Hispanic
62%
was 56%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
5%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,192
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 260
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY2.1 mi · 375
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 2,618
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)2.2 mi · 166
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)2.2 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,001 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 28% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.