The Florida Department of Education has issued its school grades and the Escambia District has returned B status. Last year the district had fallen to a C, after two consecutive B years.
The district had 25 elementary and middle schools that earned A’s. The biggest turnarounds are Weis which went from a D to A, Montclair from F to A.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | C | A |
| BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | F | D |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | C | D |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| ERNEST WARD MIDDLE SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | D | D |
| BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | C | B |
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL | A | A | A |
| BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | A | B | A |
| MOLINO PARK ELEMENTARY | A | B | B |
| BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | A | A | B |
| BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INC. | A | C | A |
| PENSACOLA BEACH CHARTER SCHOOL | A | A | A |
There are six B middle and elementary schools – five improved from C’s last year:
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | B | B | A |
| ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | B | C | C |
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | B | C | C |
| NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | B | C | A |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | B | C | B |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | B | C | C |
There are 12 C schools. Pleasant Grove dropped from an A to C. Warrington Middle remained a C, the second consecutive year that Superintendent Thomas has failed to fulfill his pledge to turnaround that school and make it the premier middle school in the state.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| BELLVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL | C | C | C |
| FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | C | B |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | A | A |
| O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | C | C |
| WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | C | A |
| WARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL | C | C | C |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | D | C |
| J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL | C | C | B |
| REINHERDT HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | C | C |
| ALLIE YNIESTRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | C | B |
| SPENCER BIBBS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | C | D | C |
| WOODHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL | C | C | C |
There are 2 D schools. Hallmark dropped from a B to D, which doesn’t bode well for the new Global Academy that will absorb those students and teachers next fall. The school has been in a steady decline since 2009.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| GEORGE S. HALLMARK ELEMENTARY | D | B | A |
| LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | D | D | B |
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My memory of the school grading issue is that you have to show improvement each year unless you are already an A school to move up in grade. So Montclair is probably moved up to A from F by virtue of excellent performance on their testing this year as opposed to horrible test results last year.
School grades – in this particular case – are a measure without context.
A school can move upward or downward just by a change in population over a year or two, or by a change in sample population (include/exclude FCAT scores of students who come from households where English is not the primary language, or students who are under an Individual Development Plan because of a disability included under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004) over the same time.
I’d be curious to know how Montclair Elementary went from
2009 – D
2010 – F
2011 – A
That’s a big jump in one year.