The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in Math. The lowest is 48% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Pinecrest Elementary School
Pinecrest Elementary sits on South 9th Street in Immokalee, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Collier County district. The school's enrollment is solidly mid-sized for its grade band, with students spread fairly evenly across grade levels from kindergarten through fifth grade, plus a small pre-K cohort.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black enrollment as well, and very few white or Asian students. The economic picture is clear: the great majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this one of the higher-need campuses in terms of family economic circumstances. Data on English learner status and students with IEPs were not available in what we reviewed, so parents with children in those categories may want to ask the school directly about services.
On the most recent Florida state assessments, Pinecrest's math results are a genuine strength. Across third, fourth, and fifth grades, proficiency rates on the FAST Math assessment are solidly above the majority threshold at each grade level, with fifth grade showing the highest mark of the three. That is a real signal for a school serving a high-poverty population. Reading tells a different story. ELA proficiency on the FAST assessment runs meaningfully lower, with third and fourth grade sitting in the middle range and fifth grade falling below half of students reaching proficiency. The fifth-grade science assessment, the Florida Statewide Science Assessment, lands in a similar range to the fifth-grade ELA result. Parents who care about early literacy trajectories may want to ask Pinecrest specifically about reading intervention resources, bearing in mind that the Collier district publicly adopted a structured phonics program starting in the 2023-24 school year for grades K through 2 alongside reading-support curriculum for older students. That shift in early literacy instruction is directly relevant to what a child entering Pinecrest kindergarten or first grade will experience.
Because Collier County has only one district, a comparative positioning of Pinecrest against neighboring districts was not possible with the available data.
The housing market immediately around the school, based on current zip-code data, shows home values that have come down year over year and sit modestly below both the Florida state median and the national median. Rents in the area, by contrast, have edged slightly upward, and the rent-to-income ratio is notably high relative to national norms, suggesting that renting in Immokalee is a significant financial stretch for families at typical local income levels. Home purchase costs are somewhat more accessible in this zip code than in the Naples-area portions of Collier County, though mortgage carrying costs remain substantial given current rates.
At the district level, a tax-neutral referendum passed in November 2024 that shifts a portion of existing millage from capital to operating funds without raising taxes, publicly reported as sustaining teacher pay, arts, and athletics through roughly 2029. That gives Collier County Public Schools some budget stability over the coming years. The district also opened a new high school in North Naples, built without debt, featuring career academies in fields like engineering, health sciences, and information technology. That development is more relevant to families in North Naples today, though children now in Pinecrest's lower grades will eventually enter a district with expanded high school capacity and pathway options.
Locale research for Immokalee specifically returned limited results before our search resources were exhausted, so we cannot describe the town's character, employers, or civic anchors with confidence and will not fill that gap with assumptions.
Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether Pinecrest's results have moved up, down, or stayed flat. A parent would be well served asking the school about trajectory, particularly on the ELA side.
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