SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in PENSACOLA, Florida, one of the schools within ESCAMBIA, enrolling 773 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 66 schools in ESCAMBIA (36,795 students total), SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Escambia County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Escambia County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Escambia County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,500, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students).

PACE PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 925 (now 773). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 12% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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