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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051002164
BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6201 HELMS RD, PENSACOLA, FL 32526 · (850) 941-6180 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
453 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (155).
Student demographics
61%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
59.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
63.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 2 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 | 59.4% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 58.1% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 889 | 51.0% | 60.2% |
| OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 731 | 48.3% | 73.3% |
| HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 618 | 51.3% | 64.9% |
| ANTIOCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 931 | 50.4% | 69.9% |
| CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 729 | 52.9% | 58.5% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
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 BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #857 of 2,136 | #12 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #946 of 2,149 ▲ 72 | #12 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #865 of 2,149 ▼ 42 | #13 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #322 of 2,267 | #2 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,435 of 2,077 | #24 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #811 of 2,108 | #15 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #1,267 of 2,188 | #23 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #999 of 1,374 | #21 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
889
+36 (+4%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 889 | 52.2 | 17.0:1 | 51% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 952 | 49 | 19.4:1 | 58% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 946 | 57.2 | 16.5:1 | 57% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 853 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 54% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 67 | 14.6:1 | 54% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 959 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 50% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 52% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 32 | 18.7:1 | 49% (294) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 31 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PENSACOLA, Florida, is home to BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 889 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 schools in ESCAMBIA, which enrolls 36,795 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 57% White. After that, the student body is 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The school has about 17.0 students per teacher and 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 51%. That is close to the 54% average for public schools in Escambia County.
In Florida, BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.2% actual against a predicted 55.6%.
Across Escambia County, median household income is about $67,500, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 71 public schools in Escambia County.
Nearest public school: BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, about 2.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 889 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 853. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.0:1.
Discussions about BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Beulah Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Beulah Elementary. BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Beulah ElementaryNorth Chesterfield, VA · 902 students
- Beulah Elementary SchoolValley, AL · 696 students
- Beulah Elementary SchoolDouglasville, GA · 428 students
- BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBeulah, ND · 306 students
- Beulah Elementary SchoolBEULAH, CO · 88 students
Nearby schools
- BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE2.3 mi · 318
- BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,070
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 545
- PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,604
- BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 513
- ESCAMBIA VIRTUAL ACADEMY FRANCHISE4.1 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 889 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 10% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BEULAH 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.