RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in CANTONMENT, Florida, RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized intermediate school, part of ESCAMBIA. It teaches 1,180 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% above the state mean of about 794.

RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 66 schools operated by ESCAMBIA, a district that caters to 36,795 students overall.

On demographics, RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Escambia County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 60.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Escambia County shows median household income runs about $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. RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students).

KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.5%.

RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 1,444 students in 2018 compared to 1,180 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 67% across the same window.

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