Escambia County School District


The Escambia County School District is the organization responsible for the administration of public schools in Escambia County, Florida, in the United States. The district currently administers 35 elementary schools, nine middle schools, and seven high schools, as well as a number of specialized centers.
The district is administered by an elected superintendent and a five-member school board. The superintendent of schools is, whose initial four-year term began November 18, 2008, and who was re-elected in 2012 and 2016. The deputy superintendent of schools is Norm Ross, a former principal of Pensacola High School.

Board

The members of the school board are:
Members are elected in their respective districts for a four-year term. Representatives from districts 1, 2, and 3 are elected in non-presidential election years.Representatives for districts 4 and 5 are elected in presidential election years. Although elected by districts, each member is charged by statute with representing the entire district.
Because the school board elections are non-partisan, these races are frequently decided in the primary. If a candidate gets a majority of the vote in the primary, he or she wins, and the race is not on the general election ballot in November. If no candidate has a majority of the vote, the top two are in a run off on the November ballot.
Prior to 2020, the superintendent was elected in presidential election years.The Escambia County electors voted in November 2018, to switch from an elected superintendent to an appointed superintendent.The school board will appoint the superintendent beginning November 2020, when the term of the elected superintendent Malcolm Thomas ends. The school board is in the process of selecting the next superintendent. Information on the selection process and applicants is available on the Escambia School Board website.

Schools

Adult Centers

Effective for the 2007–08 school year, Wedgewood Middle School and Brentwood Middle School students were transferred to Woodham High School, now Woodham Middle School. Brownsville Middle School students were transferred to Warrington Middle School, Brown Barge Middle School students were transferred into the Brentwood Middle School building, and Brownsville, Brentwood, and Wedgewood schools were closed.
2018 Changes
Effective for the 2018-19 school year, Woodham Middle School students were transferred to Ferry Pass Middle School, Workman Middle School, Warrington Middle School, and Beulah Middle School. This was in preparation for Woodham's former campus to be refitted into a new campus for West Florida High School of Advanced Technology.

Elementary schools

Pensacola Beach Elementary School, which became a charter school in 2001, is a part of the ECSD.

Alternative Schools

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test determines which schools in the state of Florida should be considered "Failing." The Florida Standards Assessments began phasing out the FCAT in the 2010–11 academic year in response to the inauguration of the Common Core State Standards Initiative under the administration of US President Barack Obama in 2010.
FCAT and FSA scores are calculated per subject on a 0 to 100 scale, and ratings in the 0 to 20 or 20 to 40 range are rated "F" or "D" respectively, indicating severe performance shortcomings and contributing to a 2 and 3-year process respectively of "restarting" the school.
In the 2017–18 school year, Escambia County placed as 52nd of 64 counties in the state by FSA performance, with eleven of thirty-five elementary schools receiving a D rating and three of ten middle schools receiving a D rating. No high school performed at a rating of D or below, though Escambia High School and Ferry Pass Middle School both recorded an "I," or Incomplete rating for the 2017-18 school year.
Elementary SchoolGrades2017-18 School Year Rating
Brentwood Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
C.A. Weis Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Ensley Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Global Learning AcademyPreK-5D
Longleaf Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Navy Point Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Oakcrest Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Reinhardt Holm Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Sherwood Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
Warrington Elementary SchoolPreK-5D
West Pensacola Elementary SchoolPreK-5D

Middle SchoolGrades2017-18 School Year Rating
Bellview Middle School6-8D
Warrington Middle School6-8D
Woodham Middle School6-8D
Ferry Pass Middle School6-8I

High SchoolGrades2017-18 School Year Rating
Escambia High School6-8I