PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL

PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment intermediate schools in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, part of BROWARD, with 626 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that educates 243,591 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 42% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household income runs about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ATLANTIC MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 30%: 890 students in 2018 compared to 626 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 34% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.