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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051003581
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1310 N 12TH AVE, PENSACOLA, FL 32503 · (850) 595-6826 · Escambia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
226 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
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
82.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
82.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.4% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 81.3% | 81.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 530 | 42.6% | 80.7% |
| C. W. NORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 540 | 44.4% | 50.1% |
| NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 651 | 41.6% | 59.8% |
| GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 429 | 38.2% | 59.9% |
| CANOPY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 617 | 45.5% | 45.3% |
| OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 524 | 42.7% | 77.0% |
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 N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #137 of 2,136 | #1 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #213 of 2,149 ▼ 31 | #1 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #96 of 2,149 ▼ 10 | #2 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #1,297 of 2,267 | #15 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #948 of 2,077 | #10 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #364 of 2,108 | #6 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #1,507 of 2,188 | #30 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #833 of 1,374 | #17 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
530
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 31.6 | 16.8:1 | 46% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 44% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 45% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 36% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 35% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 42% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PENSACOLA, Florida. It serves 530 students in kindergarten through 5.
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in ESCAMBIA. The district has 66 schools and 36,795 students.
At N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 17 points below the 64% share among Escambia County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 34 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 43% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Escambia County is 54%.
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.8%. The school's actual rate is 80.7%, 20.9 points higher.
Census Bureau estimates for Escambia County show that the median household income is $67,500, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 71 public schools in Escambia County, enrolling about 37,056 students in all.
A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 4% from its 2020-21 level of 553.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 500
- COASTAL CONNECTIONS ACADEMY1.2 mi · 261
- PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,221
- O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 344
- HOSPITAL & HOMEBOUND1.7 mi · 21
- ESCAMBIA SCH. DIST. JAIL PROG.1.7 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
Is N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 47% White, 11% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.