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Enrollment
559
Middle
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000815
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY
450 S OLD CORRY FIELD RD, PENSACOLA, FL 32507 · (850) 453-7440 · Escambia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
477 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 148 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 195 | 35% |
Student demographics
56%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
29.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 25.5% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 559 | 85.3% | 33.0% |
| CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 962 | 84.1% | 38.6% |
| JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL QUINCY | 434 | 90.8% | 27.9% |
| MATTHEW W. GILBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 555 | 78.6% | 28.8% |
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 651 | 80.0% | 40.1% |
| SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 761 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #533 of 560 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #538 of 560 ▲ 15 | #10 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #531 of 560 ▼ 9 | #10 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #449 of 584 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #118 of 547 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #309 of 553 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #6 of 565 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #171 of 379 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
559
-221 (-28%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,167
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 559 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 85% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 74% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 87% (498) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 44 | 17.7:1 | 85% (666) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 84% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 85% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 92% (682) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 79% (618) |
| 1990-91 | 1,167 | 58 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a small middle school found in PENSACOLA, Florida. Its enrollment is 559 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 30% below that mark.
A total of 66 schools make up ESCAMBIA, with 36,795 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, about 63 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 21%. The diversity index for WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a ratio of 17.5 students per teacher, from 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, 85% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Escambia County averages 54%, lower than here.
After adjusting for student poverty, WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.0%; the prediction is 38.4%.
The county, Escambia County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $67,500, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 71, with about 37,056 students.
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY's closest public school neighbor is PENSACOLA STATE CHARTER ACADEMY, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 559, from 780 in 2020-21.
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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
- PENSACOLA STATE CHARTER ACADEMY0.9 mi · 112
- WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 253
- ESCAMBIA BOYS' BASE1.1 mi · 27
- HOPE HORIZON AT JUDY ANDREWS CENTER1.2 mi · 30
- WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 485
- NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 559 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
How diverse is WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a student body of 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY in?
WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.