FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary school in PENSACOLA, Florida, FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 579 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under ESCAMBIA.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Escambia County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +9.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Escambia County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 579). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 40% to 30%. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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