BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in PENSACOLA, Florida, overseen by ESCAMBIA, instructing 513 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within ESCAMBIA, which oversees 66 schools and 36,795 students, BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Escambia County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 57.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Escambia County shows median household income runs about $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Escambia County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), of which BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BELLVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 30%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 48% to 37%.

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