Escambia has 13 elementary school on FLDOE 300 lowest list

The lowest 300 elementary schools are determined based on the English language arts achievement and learning gains points each school earns in the school grades…

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Escambia School District drops to a ‘C’ grade

The Escambia County School District dropped from a B to a C grade for the 2015-16 school year, according to preliminary results released Friday by…

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Podcast: Bergosh praises Newpoint whistleblower

On Tuesday, Escambia County School Board member Jeff Bergosh appeared on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” to discuss the recent indictment of Newpoint Education…

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Update on efforts to break school to prison pipeline, April 18

LWV Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU, Coffee Party, Escambia Youth Justice Coalition, and Escambia County School District invite the community to the fourth public forum on…

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Feds open investigation into Pinellas schools for discrimination; how do the failing schools in Escambia County compare

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether the Pinellas County School District systematically discriminates…

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Buzz: Escambia Community Clinics buys Allie Yniestra school

The Escambia County School District closed a deal to sell the closed Allie Yniestra Elementary School to Escambia Community Clinics. The purchase price was $675,000….

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Spears to announce run for School Superintendent

Last week, Willie Spears said on “Pensacola Speaks” that he was considering moving back to Escambia County to make a run for political office. It…

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District report shows why high schools lost a third of their students

School Board member Jeff Bergosh has published a report on why the district’s freshman are leaving Escambia County’s public schools. Last month, Inweekly reported that…

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ECSD 2016 Teacher Fair set for Feb. 27

Escambia County School District is hosting a Teacher Fair on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Booker T. Washington High School. Registration begins at 8:30 in the…

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Escambia County High Schools – A: 1, B: 3, C:4

West Florida High is Escambia County’s only “A” school. There other seven earned B’s and C’s. [supsystic-tables id=’17’]

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Escambia County has one ‘A’ middle school, B: 4, C:2, D:4

Brown Barge is Escambia County’s middle school that earned an A for the 2015 school year. Four other schools earned B’s – Ransom, Beulah Academy…

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Escambia County has 12 elementary schools earn A’s, B: 4, C:10, D:4, F:4

The Escambia County School District had 11 elementary schools earn A’s for the 2015 school year, plus Lincoln Park that was given special status for…

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