Where has the growth been for elementary schools?

The enrollment of A.K. Suter Elementary School is the same that it was in October 2007 – 381 students (and remember the school picked up 14 of those transfers since Oct.). Where has been the real growth in elementary school enrollment in the Escambia County Public School District?

Here is the change in enrollment for every elementary school from October 2007 to the latest census done February 2012. The numbers show that the consultants recommendations for the closure of A.K. Suter and the construction for a new school on the west side of the district were correct.  The growth is primarily outside the city limits. The demand isn’t in east Pensacola along Cervantes Street. At some point, justice and fairness needs to come into play in the district’s capital improvements plan: