ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL

ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL operates as a sizable secondary school in PENSACOLA, Florida, part of ESCAMBIA. Current enrollment sits at 1,634 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

ESCAMBIA comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 36,795 students; ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL logs that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL records 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Escambia County indicate median household income runs about $67,500, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Escambia County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 1,828 students in 2018 compared to 1,634 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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