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Enrollment
542
Middle
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000824
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
201 HANCOCK LN, PENSACOLA, FL 32503 · (850) 494-5640 · Escambia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
167 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 177 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%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
83.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.6% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.9% | 84.3% |
% 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 542 | 30.8% | 77.7% |
| SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 793 | 28.6% | 67.8% |
| NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 526 | 29.8% | 78.0% |
| BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 429 | 35.7% | 70.5% |
| JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 859 | 31.1% | 67.0% |
| DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 933 | 33.4% | 66.2% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #45 of 560 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #35 of 560 ▲ 10 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #23 of 560 no change | #1 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #457 of 584 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #166 of 547 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #129 of 553 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #471 of 565 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #310 of 379 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
542
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 31% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 22 | 24.9:1 | 37% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 38% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 48% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 35% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 39% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 42% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
A small middle school in PENSACOLA, Florida, BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 542 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
ESCAMBIA counts 66 schools and 36,795 students, including BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
At BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 53% of the student body. Next come 18% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. The county population is about 64% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 30 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.1:1. That is lower than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The school counts 167 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 31%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Escambia County is 54%.
allk12 grades BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.7% for BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 77.7%, 12.0 points above the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Escambia County show that the median household income is $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.8%; BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 77.7%, ranking 1st of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment increase, from 513 in 2020-21 to 542 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL1.1 mi · 1,322
- ESCAMBIA COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY1.1 mi · 205
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 390
- WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,676
- REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 480
- J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 542 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.