CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in PENSACOLA, Florida, overseen by ESCAMBIA. The school hosts 596 students in grades K through 6.

Within ESCAMBIA, which oversees 66 schools and 36,795 students, CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Escambia County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 71.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Escambia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,500 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Escambia County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 10%, going from 659 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 13% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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