PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary school, run under BROWARD. It teaches 414 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 31% leaner than typical.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 37% Black, 10% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 45.8%.

In the area at large, Broward County reports that median household income runs about $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLS AT PINES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 30%, going from 594 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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