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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000840
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
330 E TEN MILE RD, PENSACOLA, FL 32534 · (850) 494-5625 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
339 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
66%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
57.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 58.1% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 599 | 56.6% | 60.3% |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 678 | 54.9% | 59.7% |
| JAMES A. LONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALATKA | 565 | 56.5% | 44.6% |
| SAWGRASS LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 573 | 59.2% | 59.9% |
| APOLLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 596 | 63.4% | 39.2% |
| IMPERIAL ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 604 | 51.5% | 44.6% |
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 L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #852 of 2,136 | #11 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,109 of 2,149 ▼ 94 | #15 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #930 of 2,149 ▼ 351 | #14 of 34 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #1,031 of 2,267 | #9 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,323 of 2,077 | #21 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #520 of 2,108 | #11 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #1,023 of 2,188 | #19 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #492 of 1,374 | #10 of 26 |
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
599
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,175
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 599 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 57% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 24 | 22.9:1 | 64% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 65% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 55% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 53% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 56 | 13.8:1 | 67% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 61% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 50% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 1,175 | 63 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in PENSACOLA, Florida, is L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 599 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 schools in ESCAMBIA, which enrolls 36,795 students in total.
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. In Escambia County overall, about 64% of residents are White. L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 36 full-time equivalents, or about 16.6 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 57%.
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Florida, L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.3% actual against a predicted 52.8%.
Federal survey data for Escambia County show that the median household income is $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 71 public schools in Escambia County, enrolling about 37,056 students in all.
ESCAMBIA WESTGATE CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 60.3% versus a 52.8% average.
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 7% from its 2020-21 level of 647. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- ESCAMBIA WESTGATE CENTER0.1 mi · 127
- R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 692
- PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 743
- JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY2.3 mi · 257
- ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 476
- J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 2,169
Frequently asked questions
About L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 599 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 10% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY 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.