📍 7045 Wymart Rd, Pensacola, Escambia County, 32526
Success Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Pensacola, Escambia County. The school has 266 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Escambia school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 54%. The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
Success Academy enrolls 266 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 62% male and 38% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 35% White and 9.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 143 | 54% |
| White | 92 | 35% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
210 of the school's 266 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 201 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Success Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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.
Success Academy 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 266 students, Success Academy is smaller than the district average of about 525 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large