PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL

PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL, a substantial middle school in COOPER CITY, Florida, part of BROWARD, hosts 1,453 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 83% bigger than that benchmark.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 41% White, 8% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Broward County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.1%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +7.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 67.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,447 students in 2018 compared to 1,453 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 53% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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