📍 7650 Highway 97, Walnut Hill, Escambia County, 32568
Ernest Ward Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Walnut Hill, Escambia County. The school has 486 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Escambia school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths.
Ernest Ward Middle School enrolls 486 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 12% Black or African American and 6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 359 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 4.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 15 | 3.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
237 of the school's 486 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 221 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ernest Ward Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Ernest Ward Middle School is one of 70 schools in ESCAMBIA, based in PENSACOLA, Florida. The district serves 36,768 students district-wide and employs 2,173 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 486 students, Ernest Ward Middle School is close to the district average of about 525 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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