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We’ve got a portable for that. West side needs classrooms

   March 5, 2012


The Escambia County School District has 475 portables that have 3,487 student stations, according to documents received by the IN via a public information request. It has another 259 modular buildings on its school campuses with 2,718 student stations. Total non-permanent buildings on school campuses: 734      Student work stations: 6,205 (15.3% of total enrollment)

Placed in Service Classrooms Student Stations Total
Hellen Caro Elem 1989 Relocatable 8 168 16
Jim Allen Elem 1956 Relocatable 1 18 1
Bellview Middle 1961 Relocatable 8 176 14
Bellview Elem 1950 Relocatable 1 18 9
Bratt Elem 1980 Relocatable 2 44 5
Brentwood Elem 1937 Relocatable 5 98 15
Brown Barge Middle 1955 Relocatable 5 103 5
Ransom Middle 1987 Relocatable 11 242 12
Cordova Park Elem 1962 Relocatable 5 98 9
Ensley Elem 1959 Relocatable 2 36 16
Escambia High 1958 Relocatable 4 99 7
Ferry Pass Elem 1957 Relocatable 8 148 12
Ferry Pass Middle 1961 Relocatable 3 66 4
Montclair Elem 1960 Relocatable 1 18 4
Myrtle Grove Elem 1936 Relocatable 7 126 19
Oakcrest Elem 1956 Relocatable 6 116 28
Pensacola High 1949 Relocatable 2 30 11
Pine Meadow Elem 1960 Relocatable 8 164 12
Pleasant Grove Elem 1948 Relocatable 5 90 20
Scenic Heights Elem 1960 Relocatable 5 82 28
Sherwood Elem 1958 Relocatable 1 18 2
A.K. Suter Elem 1921 Relocatable 2 40 5
Tate High 1950 Relocatable 1 25 2
Ernest Ward Middle 1946 Relocatable 1 22 3
Warrington Elem 1947 Relocatable 11 203 14
Warrington Middle 1953 Relocatable 0 0 8
West Pensacola Elem 1955 Relocatable 3 54 32
Workman Middle 1964 Relocatable 1 22 8
McMillan Pre-K Pre-K 1961 Relocatable 7 126 7
Holm Elem 1999 Relocatable 0 0 4
Lincoln Park Elem 1961 Relocatable 1 22 2
Woodham Middle 1964 Relocatable 0 0 8
West FL/G. Stone High 1967 Relocatable 1 25 17
Pine Forest High 1974 Relocatable 4 100 15
Longleaf Elem 1975 Relocatable 1 18 5
McArthur Elem 1975 Relocatable 2 44 16
Westgate Special 1979 Relocatable 2 20 6
Beulah Elem 1980 Relocatable 13 260 18
Washington High 1976 Relocatable 2 50 9
Lipscomb Elem 1991 Relocatable 12 224 12
Bailey Middle 1993 Relocatable 11 230 17
Blue Angels Elem 1999 Relocatable 2 44 18
175 3487 475
Classrooms Student Stations
OJ Semmes Elem 1955 Modular 3 66
Longleaf Elem Modular 4 76
McArthur Elem Modular 4 64
Hellen Caro Elem Modular 5 90
Bratt Elem Modular 5 110
Pleasant Grove Elem Modular 5 90
Ernest Ward Middle Modular 5 110
Pine Meadow Elem Modular 6 108
Blue Angels Elem Modular 6 108
Jim Allen Elem Modular 8 160
Bellview Middle Modular 8 176
Ferry Pass Middle Modular 8 176
A.K. Suter Elem Modular 8 145
Washington High Modular 8 200
Lipscomb Elem Modular 8 144
Warrington Middle Modular 10 220
Escambia High Modular 11 275
Pine Forest High Modular 16 400
128 2718

Most school boards would look at replacing these structures with more permanent structures – rather than spending $21 million on a school for less than 400 students.

Most of the portables and modular buildings at elementary schools are on the west side of the School District. The schools in predominantly white neighborhoods in east Pensacola don’t have the enrollment issues as the rest of the district and have only 18 such structures. In 2007, the School District had as a priority building a new K-8 school on the west side, but that doesn’t appear be a priority any more.

 East of I-110, below I-10
School Type School Open Classrooms Student Stations
A.K. Suter Elem 1921 Relocatable 2 40
A.K. Suter Elem Modular 8 145
10 185
Cordova Park Elem 1962 Relocatable 5 98
OJ Semmes Elem 1955 Modular 3 66
Total east Pensacola 18 349
West of I-110, below I-10
Bellview Elem 1950 Relocatable 1 18
Beulah Elem 1980 Relocatable 13 260
Blue Angels Elem 1999 Relocatable 2 44
Blue Angels Elem Modular 6 108
8 152
Brentwood Elem 1937 Relocatable 5 98
Hellen Caro Elem 1989 Relocatable 8 168
Hellen Caro Elem Modular 5 90
13 258
Longleaf Elem 1975 Relocatable 1 18
Longleaf Elem Modular 4 76
5 94
Myrtle Grove Elem 1936 Relocatable 7 126
Oakcrest Elem 1956 Relocatable 6 116
Pleasant Grove Elem 1948 Relocatable 5 90
Pleasant Grove Elem Modular 5 90
10 180
Sherwood Elem 1958 Relocatable 1 18
Warrington Elem 1947 Relocatable 11 203
West Pensacola Elem 1955 Relocatable 3 54
Total west side  83 1577
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