PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

Set in MIAMI, Florida, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit secondary school, part of MIAMI-DADE. It serves 529 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% below the state mean of about 1,035.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 52.9:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.7%; actual is 69.6%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

PINECREST ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 497 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 33.1:1 in 2018 to 52.9:1 today.

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