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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCAMBIA·NCES 120051000817
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
801 N 49TH AVE, PENSACOLA, FL 32506 · (850) 453-7470 · Escambia County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
379 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 181% larger than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
69%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
45.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 29.9% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 485 | 78.1% | 44.2% |
| UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 529 | 76.4% | 31.8% |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 452 | 74.3% | 42.5% |
| GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 445 | 77.1% | 41.7% |
| CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 495 | 74.7% | 26.7% |
| SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 492 | 72.0% | 44.6% |
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 WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Escambia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,635 of 2,136 | #21 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,905 of 2,149 ▲ 164 | #25 of 34 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,505 of 2,149 ▲ 121 | #22 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #1,473 of 2,267 | #21 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,344 of 2,077 | #22 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #276 of 2,108 | #3 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #198 of 2,188 | #7 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #882 of 1,374 | #19 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
485
-76 (-14%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 78% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 84% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 85% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 77% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 82% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 81% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 45 | 10.9:1 | 91% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 84% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in PENSACOLA, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 485 students.
ESCAMBIA has a total of 66 schools and 36,795 students, WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Black students are the largest group at WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 44% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 14% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. Among all residents of Escambia County, the Black share is about 21%. The chance that two students picked at random at WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
The school reported 29 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. Among public schools in Escambia County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 42.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.2%.
In the county around the school, Escambia County, median household income is about $67,500, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 71 public schools in Escambia County.
The nearest public school is CAPSTONE ACADEMY, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 561 students to 485. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 16.7:1 in 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
Nearby schools
- CAPSTONE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 26
- MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 435
- ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,634
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 452
- ESCAMBIA BOYS' BASE1.2 mi · 27
- WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.3 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 485 students in grades PK-06.
Is WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 29% White, 12% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ESCAMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.