The reported proficiency rate for Math is 38%.
Original Research by School Decision on Pinecrest Academy of Lewiston Inc
Pinecrest Academy of Lewiston is a young public charter school operating as its own district in Lewiston, Idaho. It opened in 2023, according to publicly reported information from the school's website, and was formed as an independent, state-funded charter school governed under Idaho's charter school statutes. The school follows a STEAM-focused curriculum model, emphasizing science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Admission is determined through a computerized lottery after an open enrollment period, which means families do not need to live in a particular attendance zone but also cannot simply enroll on a first-come basis. This setup created a new public school choice for families in the Lewiston area that did not previously exist.
The school currently serves kindergarten through fifth grade, though publicly reported material describes ambitions spanning kindergarten through eighth grade. Enrollment is small, with a total population well under a couple hundred students spread fairly evenly across the grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller representations of students identifying as two or more races, Hispanic, and Black. No students were reported in the American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander categories. The school's small size means each grade cohort is intimate, which some families will see as a strength and others may find limiting in terms of peer variety.
On state assessments, the picture is thin. Most proficiency results are either missing or suppressed, which is common for schools with very small testing cohorts where reporting could identify individual students. The one published result available is for fifth grade math, where roughly two-fifths of tested students reached proficiency. That is a modest result. Third grade math had students tested but no proficiency rate was reported. Fourth grade math, most ELA results across grades, and fifth grade science were all suppressed. No average scale scores, participation rates, or proficiency counts were available beyond what was already noted. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, because the limited data makes it hard to form a clear read on academic outcomes. The small number of students in each tested grade means statewide results will likely remain volatile or suppressed for the foreseeable future.
Information on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was not available, nor were data on special education populations or English learner status. This leaves a gap in understanding the economic and educational needs the school is currently serving. No community or economic context was provided for Lewiston in the available data, so we cannot speak to housing costs, local demographics, or the broader neighborhood setting from the sourced material. Similarly, no discipline data, course access information, staffing figures, or attendance records were available.
As an elementary-only entity, Pinecrest has no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit offerings, and no high school pathways to describe. Those gaps reflect the grade band, not a shortcoming. What the school does offer, based on publicly reported information, is a STEAM-oriented curriculum within a small, lottery-admitted charter environment. For a family in the Lewiston area drawn to a smaller setting with a science-and-arts emphasis and open to the uncertainty of a new school still building its assessment track record, Pinecrest may be worth exploring. For families who want a longer-established academic profile or more robust testing data to compare against other options, the current evidence base is too thin to offer much assurance either way.
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