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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003696
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY
14301 SW 42ND ST, MIAMI, FL 33175 · (305) 207-1027 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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
21.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
295 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 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
6%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
86.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
87.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 87 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 are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.6% | 87.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.2% | 83.1% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 29 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 PREPARATORY ACADEMY
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 491 | 60.1% | 80.5% |
| KINLOCH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 548 | 60.4% | 39.9% |
| JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY HIALEAH | 452 | 61.9% | 35.8% |
| SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 508 | 56.3% | 64.3% |
| BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BONITA SPRINGS | 502 | 57.0% | 36.5% |
| TICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 516 | 57.8% | 38.5% |
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 PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #147 of 2,136 | #29 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #94 of 2,149 ▲ 52 | #23 of 279 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #38 of 2,149 ▲ 133 | #13 of 279 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #1,456 of 2,267 | #152 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #2,002 of 2,077 | #256 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.0% | #2,061 of 2,108 | #222 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #907 of 2,188 | #120 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #548 of 1,374 | #104 of 185 |
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
491
-68 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 650
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 | 491 | 23 | 21.4:1 | 60% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 65% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | N/A | N/A | 21% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | N/A | N/A | 60% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 63% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 57% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 40% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY
In MIAMI, Florida, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a small elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 491 students.
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE, which enrolls 335,685 students in total.
Hispanic students are 97% of those enrolled at PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.4 students per teacher. The school's 21.4:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 60% of the student body. That is 12 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 51.1%. PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY posts 80.5%, 29.4 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Miami-Dade County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Miami-Dade County number 561, with about 335,817 students.
G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH is the nearest public school to PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY, about 0.4 miles away. PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment decreased by 12% across 4 years, from 559 in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25.
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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
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- 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
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH0.4 mi · 2,291
- ETHEL KOGER BECKHAM K-8 CENTER0.5 mi · 821
- PINECREST ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 494
- PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 529
- BENT TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 430
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST1.1 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
Is PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY have?
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
At PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY in?
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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