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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000811
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
501 PICKENS AVE, PENSACOLA, FL 32503 · (850) 595-6810 · Escambia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
242 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.1% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 68.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 500 | 48.4% | 69.7% |
| HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 618 | 51.3% | 64.9% |
| ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 558 | 49.8% | 79.9% |
| CANOPY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 617 | 45.5% | 45.3% |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 530 | 42.6% | 80.7% |
| C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 540 | 44.4% | 50.1% |
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 A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #475 of 2,136 | #4 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #527 of 2,149 ▲ 62 | #7 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #506 of 2,149 ▼ 37 | #6 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #1,424 of 2,267 | #19 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,496 of 2,077 | #27 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #909 of 2,108 | #17 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #1,341 of 2,188 | #24 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #743 of 1,374 | #16 of 26 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
+35 (+8%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 500 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 48% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 49% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 36.6 | 16.0:1 | 50% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 37 | 12.6:1 | 48% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 45% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 47% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 45% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 23% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in PENSACOLA, Florida, under ESCAMBIA. Enrollment stands at 500 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 66 schools: ESCAMBIA, with 36,795 students.
More than half of enrollment at A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 57%. Other groups make up 25% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
For every teacher at A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 17.2 students; the school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. There are 242 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment.
On the allk12 Grade, A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Florida public elementary schools.
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 12.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (69.7% versus 56.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
For the population of Escambia County, median household income comes to about $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Escambia County's 71 public schools enroll about 37,056 students and include A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 465 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 500. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Escambia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
325,923
Census ACS
Median income
$67,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
71
37,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ESCAMBIA
- J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,169 students
- WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,676 students
- ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,634 students
- PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,604 students
- WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICALHigh · 1,322 students
- PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,221 students
Other schools in PENSACOLA
- WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,676 students
- ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,634 students
- PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,604 students
- WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICALHigh · 1,322 students
- PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,221 students
- BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,070 students
Nearby schools
- N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 530
- COASTAL CONNECTIONS ACADEMY2.1 mi · 261
- O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 344
- PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,221
- CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 596
- COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE ANNEX2.8 mi · 78
Frequently asked questions
About A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 57% White, 7% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.