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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
773
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000808
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3801 CHERRY LAUREL DR, PENSACOLA, FL 32504 · (850) 494-5635 · Escambia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL773 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
325 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
70%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
51.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
59.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 58.2% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 773 | 42.0% | 55.4% |
| NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 651 | 41.6% | 59.8% |
| RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY INTRACOASTAL JACKSONVILLE | 814 | 45.7% | 75.9% |
| DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APOLLO BEACH | 680 | 43.7% | 52.3% |
| VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 783 | 41.4% | 71.8% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARES TAVARES | 972 | 43.5% | 71.2% |
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 SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,070 of 2,136 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #1,137 of 2,149 ▼ 127 | #16 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,222 of 2,149 ▼ 230 | #18 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 773 | #530 of 2,267 | #3 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,519 of 2,077 | #29 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #203 of 2,108 | #2 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #1,530 of 2,188 | #32 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #646 of 1,374 | #14 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
773
+17 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 773 | 44.6 | 17.3:1 | 42% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 36 | 22.3:1 | 51% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 51% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | 52 | 14.5:1 | 43% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 925 | 60 | 15.4:1 | 52% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 808 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 61% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 59% (469) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 45 | 19.1:1 | 38% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 1,056 | 57 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in PENSACOLA, Florida. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 773 students. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 28% bigger than average.
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in ESCAMBIA, a district with 36,795 students across 66 schools.
Of every 100 students at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 43 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Escambia County is about 64% White. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A total of 325 students, or 42%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Escambia County report 54%.
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 60.1%. It scores 55.4%, 4.7 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Escambia County show that the median household earns about $67,500 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Escambia County has 71 public schools with about 37,056 students, including SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PACE PROGRAM is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 55.4% versus a 52.8% average.
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
In 2020-21, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 756; in 2024-25, 773. The school's ratio increased from 14.5:1 to 17.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Other Scenic Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Scenic Heights Elementary. SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYMINNETONKA, MN · 930 students
Nearby schools
- PACE PROGRAM1.4 mi · 57
- J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 602
- REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 480
- CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 596
- WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,676
- FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 897
Frequently asked questions
About SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 773 students in grades KG-05.
Is SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 43% White, 26% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
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