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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000774
JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1051 N HIGHWAY 95A, CANTONMENT, FL 32533 · (850) 937-2260 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
343 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
63.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
58.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 down about 4 points.
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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
648
+10 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.9:1
% White
64%
was 73%
% Hispanic
8%
was 3%
% Black
19%
was 19%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 1051 N HIGHWAY 95A, in CANTONMENT, Florida, JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary campus that instructs 648 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by ESCAMBIA.
Across the 66 schools in ESCAMBIA (36,795 students total), JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of +6.2 points.
In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students).
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 638 students in 2018 to 648 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 64% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 CANTONMENT
- J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,169 students
- RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,180 students
- KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 983 students
Nearby schools
- KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 983
- RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL3.2 mi · 1,180
- J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 2,169
- R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 692
- ESCAMBIA WESTGATE CENTER6.0 mi · 127
- PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
Is JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.2:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.