WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY

WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, a small intermediate school in PENSACOLA, Florida, overseen by ESCAMBIA, hosts 559 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 794.

ESCAMBIA runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 36,795 students. WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Escambia County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -5.4 points.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 71 public schools in Escambia County (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students).

Nearest neighbor: PENSACOLA STATE CHARTER ACADEMY, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.1%.

WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a residential location. As a public charter, WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 669 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 5% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.