Recap: Escambia County School District

Rick Outzen

5 years ago

The Escambia County School District earned a B for the 2018-19 school year. However, the district performed poorly when compared to other large school districts with more than 20,000 students.

Of the 29 school districts that have over 20,000 students, Escambia tied for #26 in English Language Arts with only two districts lower. In Mathematics, the district had the lowest percentage performing at grade level. In Science, Escambia tied for #26 with only two districts lower. In Social Studies, Escambia had the lowest percentage.

Recap: Escambia County School District – lowest performing large school district in Mathematics and Social Students; only two districts lower in English Language Arts and Science.

Folks, we have a crisis in public education in Escambia County.

English Language Arts

Only half of the Escambia County School District’s 39,974 students read on their grade level. Out of the 29 school districts that have over 20,000 students, Escambia tied for #26 – with only two districts with lower percentages.

As far as gains, Escambia ranked last – with 50%. In gains for the lowest 25%, Escambia tied at #24 – with three districts lower.

District	Total	ELA Rank	English	Gain Rank	Gains	Lowest Rank	Lowest 25%
ALACHUA	29,845	12	58	12	55	28	40
BAY	28,129	12	58	8	57	2	49
BREVARD	73,734	7	62	4	58	5	47
BROWARD	270,978	9	60	8	57	13	45
CLAY	38,264	6	63	4	58	5	47
COLLIER	47,436	9	60	12	55	20	43
DUVAL	130,245	26	50	25	52	20	43
ESCAMBIA	39,974	26	50	29	51	24	42
HERNANDO	22,807	21	54	25	52	16	44
HILLSBOROUGH	220,257	17	55	12	55	20	43
LAKE	43,947	17	55	22	53	24	42
LEE	94,417	17	55	12	54	21	42
LEON	33,978	12	58	12	54	28	40
MANATEE	49,310	21	53	12	54	5	47
MARION	42,941	27	48	22	53	16	44
MIAMI-DADE	350,456	8	61	4	58	5	47
OKALOOSA	31,856	4	65	8	57	4	48
ORANGE	209,114	16	56	12	55	16	44
OSCEOLA	68,561	25	52	22	53	13	45
PALM BEACH	194,186	11	59	8	57	5	47
PASCO	75,059	15	57	12	55	10	46
PINELLAS	100,987	17	55	12	55	13	45
POLK	105,673	27	48	19	50	24	42
SANTA ROSA	28,479	3	66	2	59	1	50
SARASOTA	43,119	2	67	2	59	10	46
SEMINOLE	68,289	5	64	4	58	16	44
ST. JOHNS	41,908	1	75	1	63	2	49
ST. LUCIE	41,418	21	53	12	54	10	46
VOLUSIA	63,249	21	53	25	52	27	41

Mathematics

Escambia had only 48 percent of its students handle math on their grade level–the lowest of the 29 school districts with over 20,000 students.With it comes to gains, the district tied for #25 -with only one district lower. For the gains for the lowest 25%, Escambia tied for #26 with only one district lower.

District	Math Rank	Math	Gains Rank	Gains	Lowest Rank	Lowest 25%
ALACHUA	18	58	16	57	19	44
BAY	14	60	24	54	14	45
BREVARD	9	62	5	61	9	47
BROWARD	12	61	12	59	14	45
CLAY	5	66	8	60	7	49
COLLIER	5	66	12	59	3	51
DUVAL	18	58	16	57	11	46
ESCAMBIA	29	49	25	52	26	42
HERNANDO	16	59	21	55	14	45
HILLSBOROUGH	23	56	16	57	19	44
LAKE	20	57	20	56	26	42
LEE	16	59	8	60	7	49
LEON	9	62	12	59	23	43
MANATEE	12	61	5	61	3	51
MARION	27	50	21	55	19	44
MIAMI-DADE	9	62	15	58	9	47
OKALOOSA	2	73	2	65	2	53
ORANGE	20	57	16	57	14	45
OSCEOLA	27	50	25	52	23	43
PALM BEACH	8	63	8	60	11	46
PASCO	14	60	8	60	19	44
PINELLAS	20	57	21	55	23	43
POLK	26	51	29	51	26	42
SANTA ROSA	4	70	4	62	5	50
SARASOTA	3	72	3	65	5	50
SEMINOLE	5	66	5	61	11	46
ST. JOHNS	1	80	1	68	1	56
ST. LUCIE	25	52	25	52	14	45
VOLUSIA	24	54	25	52	29	39

Science & Social Studies

In Science and Social Studies, Escambia ranked at or near the bottom for districts with more than 20,000 students. In Science, the district tied for 26, with only two districts lower. In Social Studies, Escambia had the lowest percentage.

District	Sci. Rank	Science	SS Rank	Social Studies
ALACHUA	12	59	15	72
BAY	12	59	7	76
BREVARD	9	60	10	74
BROWARD	22	55	15	72
CLAY	5	68	3	81
COLLIER	8	61	10	74
DUVAL	23	54	19	71
ESCAMBIA	26	53	29	58
HERNANDO	9	60	10	74
HILLSBOROUGH	21	56	15	72
LAKE	16	58	19	71
LEE	26	53	26	68
LEON	19	57	5	78
MANATEE	23	54	7	76
MARION	28	51	23	70
MIAMI-DADE	16	58	10	74
OKALOOSA	2	69	4	79
ORANGE	9	60	23	70
OSCEOLA	23	54	15	72
PALM BEACH	12	59	14	73
PASCO	12	59	19	71
PINELLAS	19	57	23	70
POLK	29	48	28	66
SANTA ROSA	3	69	6	77
SARASOTA	3	69	2	83
SEMINOLE	6	65	7	76
ST. JOHNS	1	78	1	89
ST. LUCIE	16	58	19	71
VOLUSIA	7	63	26	68