On Friday, we reported that over 40 percent of Escambia County School District’s public elementary schools are on the state’s Bottom 300 list.
Three of Escambia County’s nine non-charter, middle schools are in the state’s bottom 20 middle schools.
Ranked from the bottom:
# 13 WOODHAM MIDDLE SCHOOl: 304 total points
# 14 WARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL: 306 total points
# 19 BELLVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL: 316 total points
The two highest performing middle schools in Escambia County are:
BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL 658 total points
RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL 470 total points
The five highest performing middle schools in the state are:
DADE: DORAL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY – 830
OKALOOSA: OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER – 821
DADE: ARCHIMEDEAN MIDDLE CONSERVATORY – 772
DADE: GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL – 759
HILLSBOROUGH: TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL- 759
Pine Forest is in the bottom 15 lowest performing non-charter, high schools in the state. Total points 395.
The two highest performing high schools in Escambia County are:
West Florida 615
Tate 566
The five highest performing high schools in the state are:
DADE: DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY – 823
BROWARD: POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL – 808
DADE: DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH – 806
DUVAL: STANTON COLLEGE PREPARATORY – 804
PALM BEACH: SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL – 796
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Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his district leadership team need to tell us what their plan is to turn around its 17 low performing schools – 13 elementary, three middles and one high school. This appears to be a district-wide problem with over a third of its non-charter schools performing at the bottom.
We need to avoid the blame game -pointing fingers at teachers, parents and students- and seek long-term solutions.