Lincoln Park Elementary has been on Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ chopping block for nearly a year. The mistake he made this time was to tell parents, teachers and church leaders that was his intention. Led by Principal Christine Nixon and area pastors, the school led, without any support from the District Administration, a door-to-door campaign to recruit students. The School District spends thousands to recruit students for the magnet schools and for its new Global Learning Academy, but Lincoln Park got no help.
The grassroots effort worked. Even though the district lost over 400 students from October 2011 to February 2012, Lincoln Park picked up 61 students. Montclair -another predominately minority school that has been removed for closure – and Warrington elementary schools both picked up over 30 new students.
Both middle and high schools lost students. Escambia High lost 82, while Tate and Pine Forest lost 61 each.
| Oct 2011 | Feb 2012 | Diff. | |
| LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 251 | 312 | 61 |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 395 | 433 | 38 |
| WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 509 | 540 | 31 |
| FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 707 | 722 | 15 |
| A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 367 | 381 | 14 |
| C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 482 | 496 | 14 |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 510 | 523 | 13 |
| MOLINO PARK ELEMENTARY | 432 | 444 | 12 |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 506 | 517 | 11 |
| REINHERDT HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHL | 474 | 485 | 11 |
| NAVY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 473 | 483 | 10 |
| PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 856 | 865 | 9 |
| GLOBAL LEARNING ACADEMY | 814 | 821 | 7 |
| BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 475 | 479 | 4 |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 547 | 551 | 4 |
| ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 480 | 484 | 4 |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHL | 676 | 680 | 4 |
| BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 704 | 703 | -1 |
| BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 896 | 894 | -2 |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 744 | 742 | -2 |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHL | 791 | 787 | -4 |
| BLUE ANGELS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 889 | 884 | -5 |
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 673 | 668 | -5 |
| N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 649 | 642 | -7 |
| HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 938 | 930 | -8 |
| R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHL | 905 | 897 | -8 |
| JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 646 | 635 | -11 |
| CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 737 | 720 | -17 |
| L. D. MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHL | 698 | 678 | -20 |
| O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 395 | 374 | -21 |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHL | 532 | 501 | -31 |
| 19151 | 19271 | 120 | |
| BELLVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,081 | 1084 | 3 |
| RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,358 | 1362 | 4 |
| FERRY PASS MIDDLE SCHOOL | 901 | 888 | -13 |
| ERNEST WARD MIDDLE SCHOOL | 460 | 473 | 13 |
| WARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL | 742 | 724 | -18 |
| J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL | 945 | 920 | -25 |
| BROWN BARGE MIDDLE SCHOOL | 515 | 504 | -11 |
| WOODHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL | 855 | 857 | 2 |
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL | 1,422 | 1391 | -31 |
| 8,279 | 8,203 | -76 | |
| PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL | 1,743 | 1680 | -63 |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL | 1,843 | 1761 | -82 |
| PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL | 1,632 | 1603 | -29 |
| J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 1,927 | 1864 | -63 |
| WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 1,619 | 1623 | 4 |
| NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL | 543 | 542 | -1 |
| WEST FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL/TECH | 1,263 | 1244 | -19 |
| 10,570 | 10,317 | -253 | |
| MCMILLIAN LEARNING CENTER | 217 | 231 | 14 |
| JUDY ANDREWS | 31 | 47 | 16 |
| ESCAMBIA JUVENILE DETENTION | 41 | 47 | 6 |
| ESCAMBIA WESTGATE CENTER | 243 | 253 | 10 |
| LAKEVIEW SPECIAL EDUCATION | 30 | 27 | -3 |
| HOSPITAL & HOMEBOUND | 22 | 37 | 15 |
| PENSACOLA BOY’S BASE SCHOOL | 25 | 13 | -12 |
| COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE ANNEX | 108 | 16 | -92 |
| AMIKIDS | 62 | 47 | -15 |
| PACE PROGRAM | 52 | 53 | 1 |
| LAKEVIEW DROPOUT PREVENTION | 18 | 0 | -18 |
| ESCAMBIA SCH. DIST. JAIL PROG. | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| ESCAMBIA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION P | 42 | 41 | -1 |
| ESCAMBIA VIRTUAL ACADEMY FRANC | 48 | 37 | -11 |
| CAMELOT ACADEMY OF ESCAMBIA CO | 170 | 140 | -30 |
| 1,115 | 1000 | -115 | |
| ESCAMBIA CHARTER SCHOOL | 127 | 114 | -13 |
| BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | 286 | 286 | 0 |
| JACKIE HARRIS PREPARATORY ACAD | 196 | 181 | -15 |
| BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, | 156 | 157 | 1 |
| PENSACOLA BEACH CHARTER SCHOOL | 137 | 135 | -2 |
| CAPSTONE ACADEMY | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| A.A. DIXON CHARTER SCHOOL OF E | 167 | 142 | -25 |
| NEWPOINT ACADEMY | 197 | 193 | -4 |
| NEWPOINT PENSACOLA | 92 | 72 | -20 |
| 1,380 | 1,302 | -78 | |
| 40,495 | 40,093 | -402 |