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Enrollment
1,453
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000278
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL
5350 SW 90TH AVE, COOPER CITY, FL 33328 · (754) 323-4100 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,453 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
293 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 | 495 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 482 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 476 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%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
77.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
87.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 87.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.9% | 84.8% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,453 | 20.2% | 78.8% |
| CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 1,365 | 17.1% | 67.8% |
| HORIZON WEST MIDDLE WINDERMERE | 1,333 | 15.7% | 64.6% |
| SUNRIDGE MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,108 | 19.1% | 70.6% |
| DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,270 | 19.2% | 89.0% |
| LAKE NONA MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,179 | 13.7% | 74.7% |
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 PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #39 of 560 | #5 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #36 of 560 ▲ 5 | #4 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #46 of 560 ▲ 10 | #7 of 47 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,453 | #14 of 584 | #6 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #489 of 547 | #34 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #168 of 553 | #10 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #524 of 565 | #41 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #135 of 137 | #10 of 10 |
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
1,453
+24 (+2%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,346
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 1,453 | 64.5 | 22.5:1 | 20% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 1,463 | 64 | 22.9:1 | 27% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 1,406 | 62 | 22.7:1 | 33% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 1,429 | 68 | 21.0:1 | 27% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 1,447 | 73 | 19.8:1 | 36% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 1,311 | 67 | 19.6:1 | 28% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 1,411 | 74 | 19.1:1 | 23% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 1,808 | 76 | 23.8:1 | 7% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 1,346 | 59 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Florida, located in COOPER CITY. In all, 1,453 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 83% bigger than the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida.
BROWARD, which runs PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
The largest group at PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 42%. Other students are 41% White, 8% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 33% Hispanic share among all Broward County residents. The diversity index for PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 64.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.5:1. The school's 22.5:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 20%. The rate at public schools in Broward County averages 38%, higher than here.
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Florida public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 71.1%. It scores 78.8%, 7.7 points above that figure.
In the surrounding county, Broward County, median household income comes to about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 338 public schools and about 244,502 students.
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 1,429 in 2020-21 to 1,453 in 2024-25, a change of 24 students. By 2024-25, the school had 22.5 students per teacher, compared with 21.0 in 2020-21.
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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 COOPER CITY
- COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,399 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY COOPER CITYElementary · 1,336 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT COOPER CITYElementary · 1,213 students
- EMBASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,156 students
- COOPER CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 742 students
- GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 556 students
Other Pioneer Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 5 states are named Pioneer Middle. PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 10.
- Pioneer MiddleTustin, CA · 971 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolPLYMOUTH, MI · 827 students
- Pioneer MiddleDuPont, WA · 758 students
- Pioneer MiddlePorterville, CA · 754 students
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOLYORKSHIRE, NY · 659 students
Nearby schools
- COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,399
- COOPER CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 742
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT COOPER CITY1.4 mi · 1,213
- CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION AT DAVIE1.4 mi · 426
- PASADENA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 478
- SILVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 849
Frequently asked questions
About PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,453 students in grades 06-08.
Is PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 22.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 42% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.