ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN

Located at 3000 OWEN BELL LN, in PENSACOLA, Florida, ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN is a cozy combined-grade school that serves 260 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within ESCAMBIA. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 353.

ESCAMBIA comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 36,795 students; ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN is among them.

In terms of who attends, ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 21% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Escambia County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Escambia County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Escambia County shows median household earnings sit near $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Escambia County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN has grew 66%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 79% to 68%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.