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Enrollment
900
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008574
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY
15250 SW 8TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33194 · (305) 229-6949 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
438 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 112 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 166 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (170).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
78.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
80.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 80.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 82.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 GLADES ACADEMY
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY's state test result (78.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY this school | 900 | 48.7% | 78.2% |
| HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH GARDENS | 995 | 50.9% | 65.6% |
| CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 782 | 46.3% | 68.6% |
| SPANISH LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 1,138 | 48.9% | 60.0% |
| WINSTON PARK K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 1,067 | 45.2% | 72.1% |
| AUBURNDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 779 | 51.0% | 42.1% |
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 GLADES ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #217 of 2,136 | #38 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #263 of 2,149 ▼ 111 | #49 of 279 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #199 of 2,149 ▲ 22 | #39 of 279 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 900 | #310 of 2,267 | #40 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,912 of 2,077 | #238 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #2,026 of 2,108 | #190 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #1,337 of 2,188 | #186 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.6% | #49 of 621 | #7 of 73 |
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
900
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
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 | 900 | 46 | 19.6:1 | 49% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 957 | 45 | 21.3:1 | 53% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 44 | 21.4:1 | 52% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 876 | N/A | N/A | 53% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | N/A | N/A | 52% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY.
About PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in MIAMI, Florida. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 900 students. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 49% higher.
MIAMI-DADE has 335,685 students spread across 527 schools.
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY's enrollment is 95% Hispanic. Next come 3% White. The county population is about 69% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 19.6:1 comes from the school's 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.1 students per teacher above the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 49% in 2024-25. That tracks the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 21.5 points (78.2% versus 56.8%), a top-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.
PINECREST GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 71.3% proficiency; PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY posts 78.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 876.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- PINECREST GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,159
- MIAMI ARTS STUDIO 6-12 AT ZELDA GLAZER1.1 mi · 1,799
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST1.3 mi · 695
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH1.9 mi · 2,291
- JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 410
- PINECREST ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About PINECREST GLADES ACADEMYHow many students attend PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY?
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY enrolls approximately 900 students in grades KG-05.
Is PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY have?
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY?
Student demographics at PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY public or private?
PINECREST GLADES ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.