BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat 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 83 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Located at 8633 BEULAH RD, in PENSACOLA, Florida, BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is an intimate intermediate school that caters to 318 students (grades 6 through 8), part of ESCAMBIA. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.
BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is one of 66 schools operated by ESCAMBIA, a district that teaches 36,795 students overall.
Demographically, BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE records that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest reads as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Escambia County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Escambia County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.8%.
In the broader community, Escambia County reports that median household income runs about $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Escambia County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), of which BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is one.
The closest other public school is BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.3%.
BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE operates from a residential location. BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE has rose 11%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.
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