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BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL
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 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% 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%.
About BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL
BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in PENSACOLA, Florida, one of the schools within ESCAMBIA, hosts 1,070 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 35% above typical.
BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 66 schools operated by ESCAMBIA, a district that instructs 36,795 students overall.
In terms of who attends, BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 36% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 47.8%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Escambia County indicate median household income runs about $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Escambia County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), of which BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.1%.
BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a residential location.
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