A closer look at Pensacola Beach Elementary School, Inc.
Pensacola Beach Elementary is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade charter school on Santa Rosa Island. Its official schedule distinguishes Monday-through-Thursday school days from an earlier Friday dismissal.
The 2025–26 Florida DOE report classifies Pensacola Beach Elementary School, Inc in the elementary category, as a public charter school in Escambia County. Its accountability grade is A; it earned 87% of possible accountability points. The published grade sequence is A in 2023–24, A in 2024–25, and A in 2025–26.
The beach campus comes with a distinctive weekly routine
Our interpretation of published school information, not a campus inspection or an additional official rating.
Pensacola Beach Elementary has a practical distinction families should examine early: its published schedule has a shorter Friday than the other school days. For an elementary household, that affects the shape of the week, including care arrangements, activities and who is available when school ends. The school's beach location is easy to recognize, but the weekly routine is a more useful starting point for judging whether attendance would work comfortably for the family.
The school also publishes kindergarten transition activities and parent orientations organized by grade group. Those are concrete opportunities to learn how classroom expectations develop across the elementary years. Its website lists community partners, giving families another route into participation. A thoughtful visit would bring those elements together: how a new student gets settled, what the instructional week looks like and how the family stays connected as the child becomes more independent.
Why it may fit
Families able to accommodate the published weekly schedule and interested in participating in a beach-campus elementary community may want to investigate the charter's current enrollment process.
What to weigh
The shorter Friday and school-arranged bus service require separate planning. Confirm transportation and care availability rather than assuming standard district arrangements apply.
The charter campus is on Via de Luna Drive on Pensacola Beach. Its location does not itself establish admission; confirm a place through the school's enrollment process.
Request a typical full-week schedule and talk through Friday dismissal, bus arrangements and kindergarten or transfer-student orientation before making a school-dependent housing decision.
Based on Pensacola Beach Elementary schedule and orientation information ↗ · District transportation information for Pensacola Beach Elementary ↗. Confirm current programs and availability with the school.
What makes this school distinctive.
Plan around the weekly schedule
The published schedule ends at 2:40 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11:40 a.m. Friday. Confirm current times and after-school arrangements directly.
School source ↗An independent transportation arrangement
Escambia's transportation guidance states that Pensacola Beach Elementary provides its own school bus service, with details available from the school.
School source ↗How the official results compare.
Its 87% overall points result is 29 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
Science is 94%, compared with a 61% median for 33 other local schools in the same state category. That 33-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.
| Measure | This school | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall accountability points | 87% | 58% (33 schools) | +29 pp |
| English language arts achievement | 85% | 62% (33 schools) | +23 pp |
| Mathematics achievement | 84% | 62% (33 schools) | +22 pp |
| Science achievement | 94% | 61% (33 schools) | +33 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 ↗
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.
A. K. Suter Elementary School ↗
Directory grades KG–05 · NCES 2024-25. Confirm current entry grades.
Compare A. K. Suter 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 examining if you want an elementary experience that includes the arts and clearly identified ways to contribute. Participation can take different forms; families should ask about options that fit their available time.
District school: confirm zoning, transfers and availability.N. B. Cook Elementary School ↗
Directory grades KG–05 · NCES 2024-25. Confirm current entry grades.
Compare N. B. Cook 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. Particularly worth exploring for a child who engages through artistic expression and a family that values regular participation across several art forms.
District school: confirm zoning, transfers and availability.Global Learning Academy ↗
Directory grades PK–05 · NCES 2024-25. Confirm current entry grades.
Compare Global Learning Academy'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 examining for families interested in regular science experiences during the elementary years. Ask how students who are still developing foundational reading or mathematics skills participate in and learn from the hands-on work.
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.
Enrollment and a useful school visit.
Review PBES's enrollment policy and submit the application and supporting documents through the school. Ask about current grade-level availability, any enrollment priorities and bus service. Enrollment resource ↗
- How does Friday's earlier dismissal affect after-school options and transportation?
- What does the enrollment policy require for our child's grade and residential address?
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.
- Pensacola Beach Elementary schedule and orientation information ↗
- District transportation information for Pensacola Beach Elementary ↗
- Official school information ↗
- Official school information ↗
- NCES school directory · 2024-25 ↗
- Florida DOE school grades · 2026 release ↗
- Florida DOE grading methodology · 2025–26 ↗