PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a reasonably sized primary school in NORTH LAUDERDALE, Florida, operated by BROWARD, works with 551 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 8% White. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Broward County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 51.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Broward County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 4%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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