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KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
About KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a heavily attended K-5 school in CANTONMENT, Florida, part of ESCAMBIA. The school works with 983 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 63% bigger than the state mean of about 604.
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 schools operated by ESCAMBIA, a district that educates 36,795 students overall.
On the student-mix side, KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school records 16% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Escambia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 43% of students at KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Escambia County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.4%.
Across the wider county, Escambia County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,500, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Escambia County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.3%.
KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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