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If you could change one rule at PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002046
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10300 JOHNSON ST, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33026 · (754) 323-7100 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
206 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
49.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 45.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 414 | 49.8% | 45.8% |
| WILLIAM S MAXEY ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 523 | 53.0% | 66.0% |
| PASADENA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 478 | 51.9% | 51.9% |
| PEMBROKE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 559 | 51.2% | 49.0% |
| LOVE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 380 | 52.9% | 35.4% |
| ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY ZELLWOOD | 564 | 51.6% | 52.2% |
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 PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,533 of 2,136 | #148 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #1,375 of 2,149 ▲ 225 | #149 of 191 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,325 of 2,149 ▲ 151 | #132 of 191 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #1,727 of 2,267 | #141 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #839 of 2,077 | #19 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #715 of 2,108 | #53 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #1,307 of 2,188 | #93 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #186 of 1,374 | #36 of 157 |
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
414
-109 (-21%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 50% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 57% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 68% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 69% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 75% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 71% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 52 | 15.5:1 | 61% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 1,037 | 46 | 22.5:1 | 23% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 897 | 45 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a small elementary school in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida. The latest federal count shows 414 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 31% smaller than average.
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in BROWARD, a district with 243,591 students across 325 schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 47% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 37% Black, 10% White, and 3% Asian. Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 63%.
Staffing totals 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 50%. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Broward County show that median household income is about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 338 public schools in Broward County, with a combined enrollment of about 244,502.
Nearest public school: RENAISSANCE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AT PINES, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 523 students in 2020-21 and 414 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.3:1 to 15.3:1.
Discussions about PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in PEMBROKE PINES
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,199 students
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,168 students
- PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 2,046 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGHHigh · 1,450 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINESElementary · 1,367 students
Nearby schools
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AT PINES0.4 mi · 481
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLS AT PINES0.4 mi · 761
- ATLANTIC MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 75
- PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 626
- PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 627
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT COOPER CITY1.4 mi · 1,213
Frequently asked questions
About PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
Is PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 10% White, 47% Hispanic, 37% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.