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Enrollment
983
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051008560
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
900 W KINGSFIELD RD, CANTONMENT, FL 32533 · (850) 937-5200 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL983 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
423 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 147 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 160 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 162 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 178 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (147) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (178).
Student demographics
55%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
72.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
76.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 76.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 63.7% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 983 | 43.0% | 69.4% |
| HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL HIGH SPRINGS | 902 | 40.9% | 66.4% |
| BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMY PANAMA CITY BEACH | 1,089 | 38.4% | 63.8% |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 743 | 42.4% | 68.1% |
| LAKE ASBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 935 | 46.8% | 64.8% |
| VIRGIL MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO | 863 | 44.3% | 64.9% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #491 of 2,136 | #5 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #408 of 2,149 ▲ 381 | #4 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #356 of 2,149 ▲ 212 | #3 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 983 | #208 of 2,267 | #1 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,533 of 2,077 | #31 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #1,113 of 2,108 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #1,496 of 2,188 | #29 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
983
+253 (+35%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 983 | 56.6 | 17.4:1 | 43% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 931 | 45.6 | 20.4:1 | 43% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 883 | 57 | 15.5:1 | 43% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 47% (341) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In CANTONMENT, Florida, KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 983 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
ESCAMBIA counts 36,795 students in its 66 schools, and KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 64% of residents are White. By the diversity index, KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 55%.
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.4:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. About 43% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Escambia County is 11 points.
allk12 grades KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (69.4%) and its predicted rate (59.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Escambia County show that median household income is about $67,500, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County, which together enroll about 37,056 students.
RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 730 students to 983. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 648 students
Nearby schools
- RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,180
- J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,169
- JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 648
- PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 743
- BEULAH MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,070
- BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE4.2 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 983 students in grades PK-05.
Is KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.