MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in PENSACOLA, Florida, part of ESCAMBIA, hosting 435 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within ESCAMBIA, which oversees 66 schools and 36,795 students, MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 31% Black, 13% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Escambia County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Escambia County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Escambia County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,500, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Escambia County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 50% to 43%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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