In response to the NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer’s request for business leaders to help develop better public schools in Escambia County for military families, School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said, “Ninety-two percent of our schools are now rated C or higher. That is a dramatic improvement over even last year, so we’re making progress. I think you have to acknowledge that, celebrate it.”
The school district improved one percentage point–2017-18: 54 2018-19: 55– hardly dramatic.
The Escambia County School District scores for its 52 schools that were graded this summer were as follows:
100-90: 0 schools
89-80: 1 – Pensacola Beach Elementary Charter School
79-70: 3 – Three magnet schools: Brown Barge Middle, N.B. Cook Elementary, West Florida High
69-60: 12 – Four scored 60
59-50: 14 – Four scored 50
49-40: 19
39-35: 3 – Workman Middle (IB School), Warrington Elementary, Holm Elementary
The Escambia County School Board last year hired the Rensselaerville Institute to operate Warrington Middle School and help principals and faculty turn around nine elementary schools: Global Learning Academy, Warrington, Ensley, Navy Point, Holm, Montclair, Sherwood, Brentwood and West Pensacola.
Brentwood, Montclair, Navy Point and West Pensacola had double-digit improvements. The others showed varying levels of improvement:
- Brentwood +14
- Ensley +8
- Global Academy +5
- Montclair +15
- Navy Point +15
- Holm -4
- Warrington Elementary+1
- Warrington Middle +1
- West Pensacola +11
Only two schools not helped by Rensselaerville had double-digit increases: Beulah Elementary +13, C.A. Weis +11
Weis is community partner school with the Children’s Home Society.
| School | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
| A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY | 63 | 66 | 3 |
| BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY | 46 | 42 | -4 |
| BELLVIEW MIDDLE | 40 | 45 | 5 |
| BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | 53 | 50 | -3 |
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY | 47 | 60 | 13 |
| BEULAH MIDDLE | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY | 61 | 65 | 4 |
| BRATT ELEMENTARY | 57 | 66 | 9 |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY | 38 | 52 | 14 |
| BROWN BARGE MIDDLE | 73 | 73 | 0 |
| BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY | 47 | 56 | 9 |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY | 37 | 48 | 11 |
| CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY | 63 | 63 | 0 |
| ENSLEY ELEMENTARY | 40 | 48 | 8 |
| ERNEST WARD MIDDLE | 53 | 54 | 1 |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH | 49 | 45 | -4 |
| ESCAMBIA VIRTUAL | 58 | 63 | 5 |
| FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY | 51 | 53 | 2 |
| FERRY PASS MIDDLE | 49 | 49 | 0 |
| GLOBAL LEARNING ACADEMY | 37 | 42 | 5 |
| HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY | 65 | 64 | -1 |
| J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE | 42 | 39 | -3 |
| J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH | 60 | 57 | -3 |
| JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY | 54 | 55 | 1 |
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE | 49 | 50 | 1 |
| KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY | 49 | 48 | -1 |
| LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY | 39 | 48 | 9 |
| MOLINO PARK ELEMENTARY | 74 | 68 | -6 |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY | 41 | 56 | 15 |
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY | 50 | 48 | -2 |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY | 72 | 71 | -1 |
| NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY | 33 | 48 | 15 |
| NORTHVIEW HIGH | 51 | 46 | -5 |
| O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY | 48 | 49 | 1 |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY | 36 | 44 | 8 |
| PENSACOLA BEACH ELEMENTARY | 80 | 89 | 9 |
| PENSACOLA HIGH | 53 | 52 | -1 |
| PINE FOREST HIGH | 44 | 45 | 1 |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY | 54 | 57 | 3 |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY | 49 | 60 | 11 |
| R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY | 60 | 62 | 2 |
| RANSOM MIDDLE | 56 | 60 | 4 |
| REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY | 39 | 35 | -4 |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY | 63 | 60 | -3 |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY | 36 | 45 | 9 |
| WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY | 37 | 38 | 1 |
| WARRINGTON MIDDLE | 39 | 40 | 1 |
| WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH | 47 | 49 | 2 |
| WEST FLORIDA HIGHÂ /TECHNICAL | 71 | 70 | -1 |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY | 39 | 50 | 11 |
| WOODHAM MIDDLE | 39 | 0 | 0 |