Global Learning Academy, 100 N. P St.: pre-K to fifth grade, 489 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 school grades. Zoned for downtown. 850-430-7560.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: Escambia County Public Schools and its Find Your School lookup, the school’s website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

Global Learning Academy is “Pensacola’s downtown school,” a free public pre-K through fifth grade school “with a focus on science, technology, and environmental awareness,” its website says. It sits on North P Street inside the city limits and is the zoned elementary school for downtown and most of the historic neighborhoods around it, about a quarter of the homes in Pensacola.

Who to call
Address 100 N. P St., Pensacola, FL 32505
Phone 850-430-7560
Grades Pre-K to 5
Principal Lalla Pierce
2026 state grade C (52% of points)
School hours 7:10 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.

Principal. Lalla Pierce is the principal and Jessica Lewis is assistant principal, according to the school’s home page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 489 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 30 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.
  • State figure: the school’s state report card carries current enrollment by grade and student group; it is an interactive dashboard that could not be read for this page.

State report card

Florida gave Global Learning Academy a C in its 2026 school grades, up from a D in 2025; it had a C in 2024. The school earned 52% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The file lists all of its students as economically disadvantaged, and it is a Title I school.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade C (52% of points)
Third grade English language arts achievement 37%
English language arts achievement 39%
English language arts learning gains 60%
English language arts gains, lowest 25% 68%
Math achievement 38%
Math learning gains 56%
Math gains, lowest 25% 73%
Science achievement 43%

Florida grades schools A to F on the share of possible points earned across these measures. Achievement is the share of tested students on grade level; learning gains is the share who improved from the year before, and the lowest 25% rows count the school’s lowest-scoring students. For an elementary school, A is 62% of points or more, B is 54% to 61%, C is 41% to 53% and D is 32% to 40%, the state’s file says.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Escambia County assigns schools by street address, and zones do not follow city limits. Type any address and ZIP code into the district’s Find Your School lookup to see its zoned schools for 2026-27.

We ran one residential parcel from each of 347 blocks of the city through that lookup, weighted by the 22,294 homes the Escambia County Property Appraiser lists inside the city limits. About 23% were zoned for Global Learning Academy. Our neighborhood guides found it zoned for every address checked downtown, in Seville and in Belmont-DeVilliers, and for most addresses in North Hill, the Eastside and the Westside.

Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list. Every Pensacola address we checked in the Global Learning Academy zone was zoned for Pensacola High. About 70% were zoned for J.H. Workman Middle and 30%, on the west side, for Warrington Preparatory Academy, a charter school.

Changes approved. The district’s School Attendance Zone Advisory Committee posts its approved maps on its 2023-24 attendance zone maps page; the only change there is to Pleasant Grove Elementary, and none touches Global Learning Academy.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 academic calendar (PDF), approved by the School Board on Feb. 18, 2025:

  • Tuesday, Oct. 13: second nine weeks begins
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: fall break, including Thanksgiving
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: Christmas break; the third nine weeks begins Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break

Bell times. From the school’s home page:

  • 6:50 a.m.: doors open
  • 7:05 a.m.: car rider line closes
  • 7:10 a.m.: students in class; tardy at 7:11 a.m.
  • 12:50 p.m.: checkouts end
  • 1:10 p.m.: dismissal begins; buses depart at 1:30 p.m. and dismissal ends at 1:40 p.m.

Programs

The school lists weekly kindergarten to fifth grade science lab and greenhouse lessons, full ESE services, a Principal’s Excellent Explorers program and a Florida Purple Star School of Distinction designation for supporting military families. It says its building is LEED certified.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Global Learning Academy serve?

Global Learning Academy is a free public pre-K through fifth grade school, the school says. It is at 100 N. P St., and its main line is 850-430-7560.

What is Global Learning Academy’s Florida school grade?

Global Learning Academy earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 52% of possible points, up from a D in 2025.

Which middle and high school does Global Learning Academy feed into?

The district does not publish a feeder list. Every Pensacola address we checked in the Global Learning Academy zone was zoned for Pensacola High; about 70% were zoned for J.H. Workman Middle and 30% for Warrington Preparatory Academy.

What time does Global Learning Academy start?

Doors open at 6:50 a.m., students are in class at 7:10 a.m. and dismissal begins at 1:10 p.m., according to the school’s website.