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Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000819
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
6299 LANIER DR, PENSACOLA, FL 32504 · (850) 494-5665 · Escambia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
415 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 | 191 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 203 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%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
40.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 38.1% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 602 | 68.9% | 44.0% |
| BELLVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 719 | 66.1% | 35.0% |
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 748 | 67.9% | 36.0% |
| DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 657 | 68.2% | 41.3% |
| LOCKHART MIDDLE ORLANDO | 660 | 65.5% | 39.1% |
| HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 705 | 67.1% | 39.3% |
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 J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #417 of 560 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #454 of 560 ▲ 2 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #450 of 560 ▼ 9 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #434 of 584 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #71 of 547 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #249 of 553 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #66 of 565 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #99 of 379 | #3 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
602
-275 (-31%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 69% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 29 | 23.0:1 | 71% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 72% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 49 | 17.9:1 | 64% (559) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 62% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 60 | 14.3:1 | 58% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 945 | 64 | 14.8:1 | 65% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 44 | 20.5:1 | 54% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 1,056 | 56 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in PENSACOLA, Florida. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 602 students. Middle schools in Florida have about 794 students on average; enrollment here is 24% lower.
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits within ESCAMBIA, which has 66 schools and 36,795 students.
The share of Black students at J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 57%, a majority. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 18% White, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 21% Black share among all Escambia County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The school's 36 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Escambia County average 54%.
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of Florida public middle schools.
Test results at J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL are 2.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.0% actual, 46.6% predicted).
Looking at the county, Escambia County, the median household earns about $67,500 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Escambia County has 71 public schools with about 37,056 students, including J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is behind the 54.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 275 students, from 877 to 602. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.7:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 480
- WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,676
- PACE PROGRAM0.5 mi · 57
- ESCAMBIA COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY1.1 mi · 205
- SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 773
- CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 06-08.
Is J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 19% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ESCAMBIA in Escambia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.