O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in PENSACOLA, Florida, part of ESCAMBIA. Current enrollment sits at 344 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

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

On demographics, O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that Black students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school reports 10% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Escambia County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Escambia County shows median household earnings sit near $67,500, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students).

Nearest neighbor: ESCAMBIA SCH. DIST. JAIL PROG., around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 32% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 344). Black enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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