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What's the one class at R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000439
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10200 ASHTON BROSNAHAM RD, PENSACOLA, FL 32534 · (850) 494-5703 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- ·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
17.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
329 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
55%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
61.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
67.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 62.7% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 692 | 47.5% | 64.9% |
| ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL VALPARAISO | 653 | 47.8% | 66.0% |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 743 | 42.4% | 68.1% |
| JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANTONMENT | 648 | 52.9% | 60.8% |
| SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUNTA GORDA | 634 | 46.4% | 69.6% |
| TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 677 | 45.3% | 44.1% |
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 R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #652 of 2,136 | #8 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #739 of 2,149 ▲ 98 | #9 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #787 of 2,149 ▼ 101 | #12 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #732 of 2,267 | #5 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,438 of 2,077 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #1,138 of 2,108 | #23 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #1,373 of 2,188 | #25 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #519 of 1,374 | #11 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
692
-126 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 692 | 40.6 | 17.0:1 | 48% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 33.8 | 22.0:1 | 51% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 764 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 52% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 45% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 61 | 14.1:1 | 41% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 64 | 14.4:1 | 51% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 72 | 13.2:1 | 46% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 42 | 19.1:1 | 33% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public medium-sized elementary school in PENSACOLA, Florida. The latest federal count shows 692 students in pre-K through 5.
Across its 66 schools, ESCAMBIA enrolls 36,795 students. R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 63% White. Next come 19% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The White share in Escambia County as a whole is similar, at about 64%. By the diversity index, R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 55%.
At R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.0:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. Roughly 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 64.9%. Predicted: 57.4%.
In Escambia County (population about 325,923), median household income is about $67,500, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County, which together enroll about 37,056 students.
ESCAMBIA WESTGATE CENTER is the public school closest to R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.9% against a local average of 52.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 818 in 2020-21 and 692 in 2024-25, a decrease of 126 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.4:1 to 17.0:1.
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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 CENTER0.3 mi · 127
- L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 599
- PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 743
- J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 2,169
- JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY2.8 mi · 257
- ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 692 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 8% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.