WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL

Located at 150 E BURGESS RD, in PENSACOLA, Florida, WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL is a moderately sized senior high that caters to 1,322 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by ESCAMBIA. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL sits 28% above that benchmark.

Across the 66 schools in ESCAMBIA (36,795 students total), WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Escambia County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Escambia County put median household earnings sit near $67,500, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Escambia County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,056 students), of which WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL is one.

The closest other public school is BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,347 (now 1,322). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 33% to 25% over that span.

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