CAPSTONE ACADEMY

CAPSTONE ACADEMY, a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in PENSACOLA, Florida, part of ESCAMBIA, works with 26 students, covering grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 96% below typical.

Within ESCAMBIA, which oversees 66 schools and 36,795 students, CAPSTONE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAPSTONE ACADEMY records that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Black, 27% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CAPSTONE ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Escambia County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Escambia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,500 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. CAPSTONE ACADEMY is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students).

Nearest neighbor: SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAPSTONE ACADEMY.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. CAPSTONE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. CAPSTONE ACADEMY's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 28 (now 26). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 57% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 2.0:1 in 2018 to 4.3:1 today.

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