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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
948
Middle
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051002994
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
4110 BAUER RD, PENSACOLA, FL 32506 · (850) 492-6136 · Escambia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL948 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- C-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
16.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
451 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 | 283 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 36% |
Student demographics
68%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
52.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 47.8% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 948 | 47.6% | 48.3% |
| OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 962 | 44.0% | 55.6% |
| TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL TAVARES | 933 | 48.0% | 49.1% |
| BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 1,070 | 48.5% | 47.8% |
| LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 809 | 52.3% | 53.3% |
| EUSTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL EUSTIS | 790 | 48.0% | 41.6% |
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 JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #350 of 560 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #378 of 560 ▼ 27 | #5 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #299 of 560 ▲ 69 | #4 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 948 | #182 of 584 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #88 of 547 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #81 of 553 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #334 of 565 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #47 of 379 | #1 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
948
-294 (-24%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,411
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 948 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 48% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 1,097 | 47 | 23.3:1 | 58% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 1,159 | 65 | 17.8:1 | 57% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 1,242 | 76 | 16.3:1 | 47% (589) |
| 2017-18 | 1,390 | 83 | 16.8:1 | 46% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 1,353 | 83 | 16.3:1 | 58% (786) |
| 2010-11 | 1,491 | 87 | 17.1:1 | 53% (787) |
| 2000-01 | 1,411 | 68 | 20.8:1 | 48% (682) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school serving families in PENSACOLA, Florida. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 948 students.
Enrollment across the 66 schools in ESCAMBIA totals 36,795 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is White, with 47% of students. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points below the 64% share among Escambia County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher, from 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 48% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Florida public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%; the prediction is 57.3%.
For Escambia County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $67,500, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 71 public schools and about 37,056 students.
HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.2 miles from JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 1,242 students in 2020-21 to 948 in 2024-25.
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 517
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 678
- ACHIEVE ACADEMY AT MCMILLIAN3.9 mi · 260
- BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 663
- NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 484
- ESCAMBIA BOYS' BASE7.9 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 948 students in grades 06-08.
Is JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 47% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.