Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008710
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST
7500 SW 120TH ST, PINECREST, FL 33156 · (786) 840-9333 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
31 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
94.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
94.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.8% | 94.5% |
| 2023-24 | 90.2% | 93.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST's state test result (93.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST this school | 278 | 11.2% | 93.8% |
| HENRY S. WEST LABORATORY SCHOOL CORAL GABLES | 373 | 12.6% | 94.1% |
| TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT GATEWAY MIAMI | 333 | 11.7% | 91.1% |
| GREENTREE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTHWEST RANCHES | 272 | 1.1% | 65.8% |
| VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA TAMPA | 170 | 10.0% | 47.4% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF HOLLYWOOD HILLS HOLLYWOOD | 350 | 2.9% | 50.8% |
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 TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.8% | #4 of 2,136 | #2 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.5% | #15 of 2,149 ▼ 2 | #8 of 279 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.8% | #4 of 2,149 ▲ 6 | #2 of 279 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #2,019 of 2,267 | #248 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,766 of 2,077 | #218 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #1,753 of 2,108 | #89 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #2,111 of 2,188 | #273 of 283 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 278 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 11% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 13 | 17.1:1 | 25% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 70 | 4 | 17.5:1 | 4% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST.
About TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST is a public small elementary school in PINECREST, Florida. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 278 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST is one of the 527 schools that make up MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students in total).
Hispanic students make up a majority at TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST, at 79%. Other students are 16% White and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 69% Hispanic share among all Miami-Dade County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST operates with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 18.5:1 here. TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST reports 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 37 points.
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 18.2 points (93.8% versus 75.6%), a top-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
Within Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST, Miami-Dade County has 560 other public schools.
The closest public school to TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST is MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 71.8% proficiency; TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST posts 93.8%.
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
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- PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 715
- VINELAND K-8 CENTER0.9 mi · 671
- HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 341
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CONTINENTAL1.1 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECRESTHow large is TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST?
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST serve?
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST.
How diverse is TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST?
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST reports a student body of 16% White, 79% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST?
TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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