Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel: report card and how to apply

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s K-8 and high school websites, Pasco County Schools’ charter school directory, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and the Census Bureau’s geocoder.

Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel is a tuition-free public charter campus on State Road 54 east of Wesley Chapel’s center. The state grades it as two schools: Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel, for kindergarten through eighth grade, and Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel High School, which opened in 2023. It has a Wesley Chapel mailing address; the Census Bureau places the campus in unincorporated Pasco, just outside its Wesley Chapel boundary.

Who to call

• Front office: 813-355-0002, 33347 State Road 54, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
• School websites: K-8 and high school
• Applying: the enrollment process page
• Charter schools in general: Pasco County Schools, 813-794-2000

Principal

Principal Aimee Mielke, according to the principal’s message on the high school’s website. The district’s charter directory lists her for both schools.

How admission works

Charter schools are tuition-free public schools sponsored by Pasco County Schools and run by their own boards. They have no attendance zones: families apply to each school, and a charter school keeps its own calendar and hours. Pasco County Schools lists them in its charter school directory.

The school’s enrollment process page says:

• Enrollment for the following school year opens in November each year, through the “Student Applications” tab on the school’s website.
• The first window closes Jan. 31; each later window closes at the end of the following month.
• Families are told by email if a child is accepted.
• If more students apply for a grade than there are seats, the school uses a lottery, run by an outside accounting firm.

The page lists capacity of 1,400 for the K-8 school. Its most recent seat count, dated Nov. 21, 2025, showed no open seats in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Enrollment and teachers

• Federal count: 1,312 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18 students per teacher, according to the NCES school directory.
• A year earlier: 1,259 students in 2023-24, in the same directory.
• High school: 82 students in 2024-25, according to the NCES directory. The high school’s website now gives a figure of 271 students enrolled.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns from state test results, learning gains and, for middle schools, middle school acceleration; high schools also earn points for graduation rate and college and career acceleration, according to the Florida Department of Education. In the state’s 2026 file an A takes 65% of possible points or more for a combination school such as a K-8.

Those grades are for the K-8 school. Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel High School (state number 4339) earned an A in 2026 with 71% of possible points, an A in 2025 and a C in 2024; 89% of its students tested on grade level in English language arts, 53% in math, 83% in science and 85% in social studies. It has no graduation rate in the 2026 file yet.

The share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26, from the same file:

• Third-grade English language arts: 74%
• English language arts: 82%
• Math: 76%
• Science: 67%
• Social studies: 90%
• Middle school acceleration: 87% (students passing high school level exams or industry certifications)

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site, state school number 4332. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable 2026 school grades file.

Programs

The high school’s website lists dual enrollment and programs in business, engineering and health sciences, and the K-8 site lists a STEAM curriculum. Both schools post athletics forms; sports include volleyball, basketball, soccer and flag football, according to their fee pages.

Hours and calendar

The district’s charter school directory lists hours of 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The K-8 website links to the Pasco County Schools calendar and posts its own bell schedule.

More on Wesley Chapel schools

• The school’s website
• The high school’s state report card
• The district’s charter school directory
• Every public school in Wesley Chapel
• Our Wesley Chapel schools guide for registration, the School Board and the full calendar

Frequently asked questions

How do you get into Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel?

Apply online. Enrollment for the next school year opens in November and the first window closes Jan. 31; if a grade has more applicants than seats, an outside accounting firm runs a lottery, the school says.

What grades does Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel serve?

Kindergarten through eighth grade in its K-8 school and high school grades in Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel High School, which opened in 2023. The district lists the high school as grades 9 to 11.

What is Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel’s school grade?

Both schools earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades: the K-8 with 76% of possible points and the high school with 71%.

What time does Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel start?

The district’s charter directory lists hours of 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.