Escambia County Public Schools once again maintained a district-wide grade of “B” for the 2024-2025 school year, while Santa Rosa County Schools maintained its longtime A grade.
Florida’s Department of Education released its annual school grades on Monday.
Escambia schools earned 16 “A” grades, 18 “B” grades and 16 “C” grades. Three schools, including Warrington Preparatory Academy, which is operated by Charter Schools USA, received “Ds.” This year, ECPS has two more schools to earn “A” grades than in 2024, and five more schools that received “B” grades.
Santa Rosa schools earned 15 “A” grades, 9 “B” grades and 5 “C” grades. Coastal Connections Academy, an online charter school, dropped to an “F.” The K-5 school received a “D” grade in 2024. Several of Santa Rosa County’s 30 schools improved their 2024 grades, including Jay Elementary and Pace High which moved to “B” to “A” schools.
However, performance at individual schools in each district varied.
Find your Escambia County school grade here: https://data.pnj.com/school/escambia/
Find your Santa Rosa County school grade here: https://data.pnj.com/school/santa-rosa/
This was the fourth year students were evaluated using the FAST (Florida Assessment of Student Thinking.) This test was written specifically for Florida students, based on the roll-out of the Florida Department of Education’s new B.E.S.T. standards (Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking).
Listed below is a breakdown of 2024-2025 individual school grades in each district.
Escambia County Public Schools “A” grade schools
ECPS “B” grade schools
ECPS “C” grade schools
ECPS “D” grade schools
No ECPS schools received an “F” grade.
2024-2025 Santa Rosa County District Schools grades
SRCDS “A” grade schools
SRCDS “B” grade schools
SRCDS “C” grade schools
SRCDS “F” grade school
Coastal Connections Academy
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Santa Rosa earns ‘A’, Escambia County earns ‘B’ on 2025 school assessment
Reporting by Mary Lett, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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