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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
626
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000262
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL
200 N DOUGLAS RD, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024 · (754) 323-4000 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
277 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 210 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 202 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%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
53.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
48.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 39.8% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 626 | 44.2% | 53.0% |
| ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 632 | 47.0% | 47.8% |
| CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 752 | 46.3% | 57.5% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 597 | 42.2% | 62.4% |
| CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE ORLANDO | 955 | 41.6% | 38.3% |
| WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOL SUNRISE | 730 | 38.5% | 52.7% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #294 of 560 | #27 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #393 of 560 ▲ 52 | #32 of 47 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #282 of 560 ▲ 34 | #28 of 47 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #421 of 584 | #34 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #429 of 547 | #21 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #246 of 553 | #20 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #370 of 565 | #26 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #59 of 379 | #6 of 34 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
626
-95 (-13%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,374
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 626 | 29.6 | 21.1:1 | 44% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 30.5 | 19.8:1 | 47% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 67% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 40 | 18.0:1 | 65% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 49 | 18.2:1 | 80% (715) |
| 2015-16 | 1,113 | 61 | 18.3:1 | 76% (848) |
| 2010-11 | 1,748 | 96 | 18.2:1 | 61% (1,067) |
| 2000-01 | 1,666 | 75 | 22.2:1 | 31% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 1,374 | 62 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school serving families in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida. It serves 626 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Florida is roughly 794 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
The district, BROWARD, operates 325 schools serving 243,591 students.
Enrollment at PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 47%. Other reported shares: 42% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 28% Black among all Broward County residents. By the diversity index, PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 60%.
A ratio of 21.1:1 comes from the school's 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 44% in 2024-25.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 53.0% actual against 59.0% predicted.
Across Broward County, median household income is about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Broward County number 338 and enroll about 244,502.
The school nearest to PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is ATLANTIC MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL had 721 students in 2020-21 and 626 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.0:1 in 2020-21, and 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- ATLANTIC MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 75
- PINES LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 414
- PASADENA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 478
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOLS AT PINES1.3 mi · 761
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AT PINES1.3 mi · 481
- BROWARD YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER1.3 mi · 38
Frequently asked questions
About PINES MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 626 students in grades 06-08.
Is PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 42% Hispanic, 47% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
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