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Bellview Elementary School

Elementary school in Escambia County. Official Florida DOE accountability data, three-year grade history, and how to put it in context for your family. Use the PCS planning section below to prepare for a school transition.

A
2025-26 Florida DOE Grade
Bellview Elementary School

A school plan for your PCS

Moving with a student: Bellview Elementary School

Considering Bellview Elementary School in Pensacola during a military move? Pair the school's academic information with a plan for admission, records and the first week.

Confirm enrollment in Escambia County

Use Escambia military-family enrollment guidance to check the attendance zone and ask about registration before arrival with orders. Confirm the route into this particular school: a neighborhood assignment, choice application, charter process or referral may involve different steps. Ask the liaison whether your transfer qualifies for Interstate Compact provisions and how to resolve a records or placement issue.

Carry the learning history forward

Request a portable copy of report cards, transcripts, current coursework and relevant learning plans before you leave. If your child has an IEP, 504 plan or other support arrangement, arrange a handoff with the receiving staff and ask what support will be available at the start. Use the Military OneSource school-transition guide to prepare for that conversation.

Match the handoff to the student

For Bellview Elementary School, prioritize a teacher handoff about reading, math and daily routines. Ask how the school introduces a child arriving midyear and how parents receive progress updates. If your move involves kindergarten or first grade, have the registrar review age and prior-enrollment documentation. Confirm care availability and pickup authorization separately from school admission.

Connect school, home and duty station

For a Pensacola-area assignment, the Navy liaison connects families with schools and transition resources across service branches. Local contacts: NAS Pensacola School Liaison. Ask about youth introductions, deployment-related support and coordination with school staff. Availability of a particular service at Bellview Elementary School should be confirmed directly.

Check the school-day route to your actual duty gate, dismissal time and backup pickup plan. The map estimates travel; it does not establish a bus route, attendance boundary or guaranteed commute.

Installation and enrollment resources checked . Confirm current requirements with the receiving school.

Get to know this school

A closer look at Bellview Elementary School.

Bellview Elementary is the district elementary campus on Bellview Avenue, separate from Bellview Middle on Mobile Highway. Its school website brings together classroom links, family resources and the school improvement plan.

The 2025–26 Florida DOE report classifies Bellview Elementary School in the elementary category, as a district public school in Escambia County. Its accountability grade is A; it earned 71% of possible accountability points. The published grade sequence is A in 2023–24, A in 2024–25, and A in 2025–26.

Recorded locationPensacola, FL 325264425 BELLVIEW AVE
Directory grade spanPK–05NCES 2024-25; confirm current grades
School formatDistrict publicEscambia County
The school in perspectiveEditorial guide · 2026-09-06

A school improvement plan families can turn into specific questions

Our interpretation of published school information, not a campus inspection or an additional official rating.

Bellview Elementary publishes a vision built around evidence-based instruction, professional development and individual learning needs. Its Title I family page adds practical documents: a school improvement plan, a family engagement plan and a school-family compact. Our reading is that these give families a way to move beyond general promises and ask what the school is trying to improve, how progress is checked and how parents receive that information.

The school also describes its SOARS expectations: safety, staying on task, attitude, responsibility and self-control. A shared vocabulary can make school routines easier to discuss at home, but the published framework alone does not show how consistently it is applied. The useful follow-up is how teachers teach those expectations, respond when a child struggles and keep families informed without making every conversation about behavior.

Why it may fit

Useful to consider if you value written expectations and a clear school-family communication structure. The published plans provide a starting point for discussing both instruction and day-to-day routines with a prospective teacher.

What to weigh

The presence of a plan is not proof that every proposed support is currently available. Ask which priorities are active in your child's grade and what extra instruction looks like within the school day.

A useful local detail

This is the elementary campus on Bellview Avenue. Bellview Middle is a separate campus on Mobile Highway, so registration, visits and questions about elementary support should go directly to the elementary school.

One question worth asking

Bring one current learning concern and ask how the school-family compact, classroom progress checks and SOARS expectations would work together for that child during the first grading period.

Based on Bellview's published vision ↗ · Title I family plans and resources ↗ · SOARS and community participation ↗. Confirm current programs and availability with the school.

Programs, identity and school life

What makes this school distinctive.

School-specific planning documents

Bellview links its school improvement and Title I family information from the homepage, providing a starting point for discussing this year's classroom priorities.

School source ↗

Keeping up with classwork

The school provides direct access to FOCUS and Canvas alongside transportation and cafeteria resources. Ask teachers which channel they use for weekly classroom communication.

School source ↗
Understand the results

How the official results compare.

Its 71% overall points result is 13 percentage points above the 58% median among 33 other elementary schools in Escambia County with reported data.

What the results suggest.

A consistent state classification

Three consecutive A grades give you a consistent accountability classification across the published years. That is useful context, but it does not show whether every subject, classroom or student made the same progress.

A result worth noticing

Mathematics is 73%, compared with a 62% median for 33 other local schools in the same state category. That 11-point difference is the largest positive peer gap among the subject measures available here. Ask which learning opportunities sit behind it and how a new student would access them.

The next question after the scores

None of the 3 subject measures with enough local comparison data falls below its own peer median. The next question is how the school supports both students who need more time and students ready for additional challenge. These school-level percentages do not measure class size, belonging or your child's likely outcome.

Calculated from the dated state results below. Peer gaps compare each subject with the same subject at other schools, not one subject with another. Measures can cover different student groups. They do not establish why a result occurred or the quality of a particular teacher.

2025–26 reported components and other local elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolPeer medianDifference
Overall accountability points71%58% (33 schools)+13 pp
English language arts achievement65%62% (33 schools)+3 pp
Mathematics achievement73%62% (33 schools)+11 pp
Science achievement64%61% (33 schools)+3 pp

Swipe across the table to compare all columns.

Calculated from the linked Florida DOE release. The peer median is the middle school-level result, excludes this school, uses the same county and DOE school category, and ignores missing values. It is not weighted by enrollment. “pp” means percentage points. Graduation and acceleration measures use the cohorts specified by the state. Different measures describe different groups of students.

Use the results to identify questions, not to predict your child's experience. Programs, support, admissions and a campus visit can change which option fits your priorities. Read the state methodology ↗

Build a thoughtful shortlist

Other schools to consider.

These are the nearest other report pages in the same county and Florida DOE school category, using recorded campus locations. Their placement is based on location and school format, not a recommendation or enrollment entitlement.

Florida DOE 2025–26 · B1.5 miles between campuses

Longleaf Elementary School ↗

Directory grades PK–05 · NCES 2024-25. Confirm current entry grades.

Compare Longleaf Elementary School's course options, student support and daily schedule with this school. A different program or learning format may matter more to your child than the overall grade. Families interested in continuity across elementary and middle years may want to examine Longleaf's current K-8 organization and how the school introduces students to increasing independence.

District school: confirm zoning, transfers and availability.
Florida DOE 2025–26 · C2.4 miles between campuses

Sherwood Elementary School ↗

Directory grades PK–05 · NCES 2024-25. Confirm current entry grades.

Compare Sherwood Elementary School's course options, student support and daily schedule with this school. A different program or learning format may matter more to your child than the overall grade. Worth exploring for families interested in a shared language for responsibility and goal-setting, particularly if their child enjoys contributing to classroom or school projects.

District school: confirm zoning, transfers and availability.
Florida DOE 2025–26 · A3.0 miles between campuses

Montclair Elementary School ↗

Directory grades PK–05 · NCES 2024-25. Confirm current entry grades.

Compare Montclair Elementary School's course options, student support and daily schedule with this school. A different program or learning format may matter more to your child than the overall grade. Worth considering for a family seeking clearly explained behavior expectations and interested in an on-campus after-school arrangement, subject to the provider's current availability.

District school: confirm zoning, transfers and availability.

Campus-to-campus distances are straight-line estimates, not driving routes or distances from your home. Use the address search on the school map for a comparison from your own location. An alternative may be a better fit when its verified program, support or learning format aligns with your child's needs; a higher score in one measure does not settle that decision.

Before you make a decision

Enrollment and a useful school visit.

Use district Enrollment Services to verify the assigned elementary school for your address and current registration steps before arranging a visit to Bellview. Enrollment resource ↗

  • What are the priorities in Bellview's current school improvement plan for my child's grade?
  • How do teachers use FOCUS and Canvas to share progress and assignments?

Sources for this guide

School-specific research checked 2026-09-06. Accountability data: 2025–26, retrieved 2026-08-24. Directory information is dated separately above.

Level
Elementary
District
Escambia County
Type
District public
Title I
Yes

Grade history

A
2025-26
A
2024-25
A
2023-24

Grades are the official school accountability grades published by the Florida Department of Education (retrieved 2026-08-24). A grade reflects points earned across achievement, learning gains, and other state-defined components.

2025-26 achievement components

Percent of possible points earned overall: 71%. Share of students classified economically disadvantaged: 100%.

English Language Arts achievement65%
Mathematics achievement73%
Science achievement64%

What should actually matter to parents

A letter grade is one data point, not a verdict. When families ask us how to evaluate a school, we point them to the same checklist every time:

  • Visit in person. Ten minutes in the front office and hallways tells you more about culture than any statistic.
  • Match the school to YOUR child. A school that is right for a self-directed kid may be wrong for one who needs structure, and the reverse. Programs (arts, STEM, athletics, IB/AP, ESE services) matter more than a one-letter summary.
  • Look at the trend, not one year. A school moving from C to B to A is a different story than one drifting the other way. We show three years on every school page for exactly this reason.
  • Read the components. Two schools with the same letter can have very different achievement profiles. The subject-area percentages show where a school is strong.
  • Confirm zoning before you buy. Attendance zones change. Verify the address you are considering with the district's current zoning tools, not a listing's claim.
  • Context matters. Research consistently shows family engagement outweighs most school-level differences. The percentages here measure the school; they do not predict your child.

Verify and dig deeper

The Costin Team does not rate, rank, or recommend schools. Grades shown are the official accountability grades published by the Florida Department of Education, provided as public information. The right school is a personal decision: visit campuses, meet teachers, and confirm current attendance zones directly with the district before making housing decisions based on schools.

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