Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000809
O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1250 E TEXAR DR, PENSACOLA, FL 32503 · (850) 595-6975 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
297 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
21.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -10.4pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
344
-159 (-32%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.6:1
% White
10%
was 11%
% Hispanic
7%
was 3%
% Black
75%
was 81%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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 SCH. DIST. JAIL PROG.0.9 mi · 6
- COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE ANNEX0.9 mi · 78
- HOSPITAL & HOMEBOUND0.9 mi · 21
- CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 596
- PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,221
- N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 7% Hispanic, 75% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
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