PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY

PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a cozy primary school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE. The school hosts 491 students in grades K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 80.5%, a residual of +29.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household earnings sit near $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one.

G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. As a public charter, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY has fell 19%, going from 604 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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