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 model. Specifically, preliminary points for English language…
Tag: Escambia County School District
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 the state Department of Education. The News…
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 Partners, the company that ran the Pensacola…
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 Monday, April 18, 2016, 5:30 pm at…
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 against black children by denying them access…
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. The buzz is ECC will spend around…
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 appears he will do it. Panama City…
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 district loses approximately 30 percent of its…
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 auditorium. Speakers begin at 9 a.m., followed…
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’]
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 (a charter school), Ernest Ward and Jim…
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 its A. The top elementary schools in…