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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002047
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1600 SW 83RD AVE, NORTH LAUDERDALE, FL 33068 · (754) 322-7950 · Broward County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
295 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
40%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
56.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 47.0% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 551 | 53.5% | 51.7% |
| ANNABEL C. PERRY PK-8 MIRAMAR | 562 | 57.7% | 52.8% |
| JOHN E. FORD K-8 SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 631 | 51.2% | 50.9% |
| FRANK CRAWFORD MARTIN K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 611 | 50.6% | 61.6% |
| LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 565 | 58.6% | 44.3% |
| PLANTATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 550 | 59.3% | 58.3% |
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 PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,247 of 2,136 | #120 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,093 of 2,149 ▲ 442 | #114 of 191 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,003 of 2,149 ▲ 268 | #102 of 191 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,212 of 2,267 | #93 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,015 of 2,077 | #31 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #1,661 of 2,108 | #149 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #1,152 of 2,188 | #79 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,202 of 1,374 | #140 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
551
-76 (-12%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 54% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 60% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 76% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 75% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 86% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 85% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 76% (578) |
| 2000-01 | 1,214 | 59 | 20.6:1 | 50% (607) |
| 1990-91 | 926 | 50 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in NORTH LAUDERDALE, Florida. The school counted 551 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD, where 325 schools serve 243,591 students.
More than half of enrollment at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black: 76%. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic and 8% White. Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
For every teacher at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 15.7 students; the school has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. There are 295 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 54% of enrollment. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 54.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.7%.
In Broward County, home to about 1,977,129 people, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Broward County number 338, with about 244,502 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE MIDDLE. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 51.7% compares with 49.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 551 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 627. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.4:1 to 15.7:1.
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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 NORTH LAUDERDALE
- SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 729 students
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERElementary · 708 students
- NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCEElementary · 665 students
- BROADVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 636 students
- NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- MORROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 512 students
Other Pinewood Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 10 states are named Pinewood Elementary. PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 17.
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAGLE LAKE, FL · 740 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUART, FL · 658 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIMS, FL · 500 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 497 students
- Pinewood ElementaryMONTICELLO, MN · 794 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE MIDDLE0.1 mi · 373
- NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE0.1 mi · 665
- SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 729
- NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 605
- TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 553
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER1.4 mi · 708
Frequently asked questions
About PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 14% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.