JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Located at 8190 PENSACOLA BLVD, in PENSACOLA, Florida, JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a small primary school that serves 257 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within ESCAMBIA. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits 57% below that benchmark.

ESCAMBIA comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 36,795 students; JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (82%) are Black; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Escambia County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Escambia County's rate of about 54%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Escambia County put 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), JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY has ticked up 5%, going from 244 students in 2018 to 257 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 96% to 82%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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