In 16 of Escambia County’s elementary schools, fewer than one in three kindergarteners reported being ready to start school last year. Six of the schools had fewer than 20% of their students ready.
Achieve Escambia, which is now under United Way of West Florida, has the Kindergarten Readiness Collective Action Network (KCAN), which focuses on strategies guided by research to better prepare more children for school.
Goal: Every child achieves school readiness.
Key Initiatives:
- Help Me Grow, which is run by Arc Gateway and funded by the Escambia Children’s Trust. Annual budget: $1,382,642.
- School-Based Resources Action Group (SBRAG): Maximizing the resources available to students and families on-site in Escambia County elementary schools.
- The Prep Squad: Integrating early learning into spaces families frequent.
- Caregivers & Parents as Resources (CPR): Promoting early childhood development by connecting families with support through early screenings, healthcare partnerships, and community outreach.
The Studer Community Institute has its Building Brains program. The 2024 kindergarten class was born in 2019. How many received brain bags? How many mothers watched the Building Brain video and participated in the text initiative?
How many were enrolled in VPK? How many were low-birthweight babies?
We need a deep dive into as much data as possible about these children to understand what’s working and what’s not. No more guessing.
Who will lead the process?
| 2024 | |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 8.0% |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY | 11.0% |
| WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 15.0% |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 17.0% |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 18.0% |
| ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 19.0% |
| JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY | 20.0% |
| LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 20.0% |
| O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 20.0% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING ACADEMY | 21.0% |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 22.0% |
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 24.0% |
| FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 26.0% |
| NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 27.0% |
| REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY | 30.0% |
| L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY | 32.0% |
| BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% |
| BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% |
| JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% |
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 37.0% |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 37.0% |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY | 38.0% |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY | 39.0% |
| BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, | 41.0% |
| BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 43.0% |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 50.0% |
| R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 51.0% |
| HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 53.0% |
| KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 54.0% |
| MOLINO PARK ELEMENTARY | 54.0% |
| CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 56.0% |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 58.0% |
| A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 61.0% |
| PENSACOLA BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INC | 88.0% |
| 2024 | 2023 | Difference | |
| A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 61.0% | 79.0% | -18.0% |
| BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% | 41.5% | -6.5% |
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 37.0% | 51.0% | -14.0% |
| BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% | 53.4% | -18.4% |
| BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 43.0% | 53.4% | -10.4% |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 22.0% | 34.2% | -12.2% |
| BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, | 41.0% | 41.2% | -0.2% |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 17.0% | 51.9% | -34.9% |
| CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY | 56.0% | 67.0% | -11.0% |
| ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 19.0% | 22.9% | -3.9% |
| FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 26.0% | 66.7% | -40.7% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING ACADEMY | 21.0% | 45.5% | -24.5% |
| HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 53.0% | 47.2% | 5.8% |
| JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY | 20.0% | 71.8% | -51.8% |
| JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% | 40.2% | -5.2% |
| KINGSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 54.0% | 23.1% | 30.9% |
| L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY | 32.0% | 46.7% | -14.7% |
| LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 20.0% | 71.7% | -51.7% |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 35.0% | 50.0% | -15.0% |
| MOLINO PARK ELEMENTARY | 54.0% | 37.5% | 16.5% |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 18.0% | 77.6% | -59.6% |
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY | 24.0% | 36.9% | -12.9% |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 58.0% | 25.8% | 32.2% |
| NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 27.0% | 13.8% | 13.2% |
| O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 20.0% | 81.8% | -61.8% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 8.0% | 56.9% | -48.9% |
| PENSACOLA BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INC | 88.0% | 47.7% | 40.3% |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 50.0% | 41.0% | 9.0% |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY | 39.0% | 37.0% | 2.0% |
| R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 51.0% | 46.7% | 4.3% |
| REINHARDT HOLM ELEMENTARY | 30.0% | 56.9% | -26.9% |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY | 38.0% | 28.3% | 9.7% |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 37.0% | 33.3% | 3.7% |
| WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 15.0% | 28.3% | -13.3% |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY | 11.0% | 33.3% | -22.3% |
