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PINECREST GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI · FL · MIAMI-DADE · Public charter · K-12 combined

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📚AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally 📖10 AP courses

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Programs & features
  • 📚 10 AP courses offered — Elite
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
  • 🔢 5 calculus classes · 2 physics · 6 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 56th percentile by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How PINECREST GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor in the top 22% nationally with 10 AP courses.
  • LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MIAMI ARTS STUDIO 6-12 AT ZELDA GLAZER, G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH, PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

78th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
10
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Advanced math classes
7
5 calculus · 2 advanced
Lab science classes
8
2 physics · 6 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

56th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
88
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
16.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

49.4%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
2.8%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
32
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
1159:1
Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.
Counselor FTE
1.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
27
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 57 in 2021 to 119 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+108.8%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +9.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,159 students:

2025
1,263
2027
1,499
2029
1,780

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $12,939 per student in district revenue, the 621 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $8,035,119/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
MIAMI ARTS STUDIO 6-12 AT ZELDA GLAZER
MIAMI
Public 1.1 926 -3.4%
G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH
MIAMI
Public 1.9 2,291 -11.9%
PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
MIAMI
Public · charter 2.2 529 +5.2%
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Inc.
Miami
Private 2.5 1,377 -6.5%
Greater Miami Adventist Academy
Miami
Private 3.1 347
JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH
MIAMI
Public 3.4 4,291 +1.7%
U.S. International Christian Academy
Miami
Private 3.5 25
Hollywood Education Literacy Project Miami
Miami
Private 3.6 67 -15.2%

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