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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,025
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108002399
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11900 STONEYBROOK GOLF DR, ESTERO, FL 33928 · (239) 947-7500 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,025 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
222 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 19 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 158 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 209 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 183 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 174 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (174).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
70.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.5% | 81.3% |
% 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,025 | 21.7% | 75.1% |
| THREE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 941 | 25.0% | 71.9% |
| SUNRISE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,132 | 17.9% | 81.6% |
| IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT SOUTH LAKE CLERMONT | 1,064 | 20.5% | 77.7% |
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
| OASIS CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SOUTH CAPE CORAL | 875 | 27.5% | 76.1% |
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 PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #296 of 2,136 | #4 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #280 of 2,149 ▼ 85 | #4 of 58 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #432 of 2,149 ▼ 147 | #3 of 58 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,025 | #182 of 2,267 | #17 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,836 of 2,077 | #33 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #1,186 of 2,108 | #34 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,980 of 2,188 | #58 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #1,043 of 1,374 | #15 of 24 |
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
1,025
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 1,025 | 54 | 19.0:1 | 22% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 1,053 | 54 | 19.5:1 | 28% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 1,089 | 54 | 20.2:1 | 25% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 1,027 | 60 | 17.1:1 | 26% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 1,114 | 73 | 15.3:1 | 36% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 1,063 | 72 | 14.8:1 | 36% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 56 | 15.8:1 | 48% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 48 | 19.8:1 | 44% (418) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in ESTERO, Florida, attend PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. There are 1,025 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 70% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
LEE has a total of 116 schools and 102,524 students, PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
The largest group at PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 59%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Its staff includes 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is lower. PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 22%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lee County is 48%.
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 4.8 points above predicted: 75.1% against 70.3%.
The school is in Lee County, where the median household earns about $76,107 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Lee County, 123 public schools serve about 102,524 students.
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 2.5 miles from ESTERO HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,027 in 2020-21, 1,025 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.1:1 to 19.0:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
817,666
Census ACS
Median income
$76,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
102,524 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
Nearby schools
- ESTERO HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,571
- THREE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 941
- ATHENIAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL2.9 mi · 437
- THREE OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 1,091
- SAN CARLOS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 642
- BONITA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 1,490
Frequently asked questions
About PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,025 students in grades PK-05.
Is PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 33% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINEWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.