The FCAT reading scores show a slight improvement for Escambia County, but all its grades, except for ninth, had a lower percentage of students score 3 or above than the state average. Okaloosa and Santa Rosa districts scored significantly higher than Escambia County.
| FOURTH GRADE | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 71 | 72 | -1 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 70 | 67 | 3 | |
| OKALOOSA | 83 | 81 | 2 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 83 | 82 | 1 | |
| FIFTH GRADE | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 69 | 69 | 0 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 67 | 64 | 3 | |
| OKALOOSA | 80 | 79 | 1 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 82 | 81 | 1 | |
| SIXTH GRADE | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 67 | 67 | 0 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 60 | 60 | 0 | |
| OKALOOSA | 78 | 79 | -1 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 80 | 80 | 0 | |
| SEVENTH GRADE | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 68 | 68 | 0 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 66 | 63 | 3 | |
| OKALOOSA | 82 | 81 | 1 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 79 | 81 | -2 | |
| EIGHTH | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 55 | 55 | 0 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 51 | 49 | 2 | |
| OKALOOSA | 71 | 70 | 1 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 69 | 67 | 2 | |
| NINTH GRADE | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 48 | 48 | 0 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 48 | 45 | 3 | |
| OKALOOSA | 64 | 67 | -3 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 66 | 66 | 0 | |
| TENTH GRADE | 2011 | 2010 | Difference | |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS | 39 | 39 | 0 | |
| ESCAMBIA | 36 | 36 | 0 | |
| OKALOOSA | 53 | 50 | 3 | |
| SANTA ROSA | 55 | 51 | 4 | |