Pensacola High, 500 W. Maxwell St.: grades 9-12, 1,221 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 school grades, IB Diploma program. 850-595-1500.
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, the federal NCES school directory and the Florida High School Athletic Association.
Pensacola High School is the Escambia County Public Schools high school on West Maxwell Street, just north of downtown and inside the city limits. It is the zoned high school for about a third of the homes in Pensacola, and it runs the county’s only International Baccalaureate Diploma program, which takes applicants from anywhere in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Who to call
- Front office: 850-595-1500, 500 W. Maxwell St., Pensacola, FL 32501
- School website: pensacolahs.escambiaschools.org
- Enrollment, transfers and school choice: Enrollment Services, 850-469-5580; Enrollment Services page
- Buses: Transportation dispatch, 850-469-5490 or 850-469-5678, staffed every school day (transportation contacts)
| Address | 500 W. Maxwell St., Pensacola, FL 32501 |
| Phone | 850-595-1500 |
| Grades | 9 to 12, plus a magnet program for grades 7 and 8 |
| Principal | Amy Gordon |
| 2026 state grade | C (59% of points) |
| School hours | 8:25 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. |
Principal. Amy Gordon is the principal, according to the school’s administration page. Jessica Canales is assistant principal for curriculum and instruction, and Bakari Franklin is assistant principal for operations.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 1,221 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 61 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 20 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 Pensacola High a C in its 2026 school grades, after a B in 2025 and a C in 2024. The school earned 59% of the points possible, one point below the B line, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The same file lists 87.3% of its students as economically disadvantaged.
| 2026 school grade measure | Result |
|---|---|
| School grade | C (59% of points) |
| English language arts achievement | 54% |
| English language arts learning gains | 57% |
| Math achievement | 44% |
| Math learning gains | 48% |
| Science achievement | 63% |
| Social studies achievement | 63% |
| Graduation rate, 2024-25 | 92% |
| College and career acceleration, 2024-25 | 82% |
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. For a high school, A is 65% of points or more, B is 60% to 64%, C is 45% to 59% and D is 35% to 44%, 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 elementary, middle and high school 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 35% were zoned for Pensacola High; the rest were zoned for Booker T. Washington High. Pensacola High’s share takes in downtown, Seville, North Hill, East Hill, the Eastside, Belmont-DeVilliers and the Westside.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list. In the lookup, Pensacola addresses zoned for Pensacola High were zoned for J.H. Workman Middle or, in the southwest corner of the city, Warrington Preparatory Academy, a charter school that takes the old Warrington Middle zone. Their elementary schools were Global Learning Academy, O.J. Semmes or A.K. Suter, with a few blocks at the city’s western edge zoned for West Pensacola, Weis, Warrington or Brentwood elementary schools.
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 Pensacola High.
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
The district says break days may be used as makeup days. Bell times: student supervision starts at 8 a.m., the first bell rings at 8:25 a.m. and dismissal is at 3:10 p.m., the school’s home page says. The last checkout is at 2:30 p.m., and early release days end at 1:20 p.m.
Sports and activities
In football, Pensacola plays in Class 3A, Region 1, District 1 for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, with Bay (Panama City), Pine Forest, South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach) and West Florida, according to the FHSAA’s finalized football classifications (spreadsheet).
The Tigers’ sports page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, cross country, football, girls flag football, golf, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, weightlifting and cheerleading. Troy V. Floyd is athletic director. Tickets are sold on GoFan. Follow the season on our Friday night football page and scoreboard.
Programs. The school’s IB page says Pensacola High is the first and only Escambia County school with the full IB Diploma Programme: Florida Pre-IB courses in ninth and 10th grades, then the diploma program in 11th and 12th. The application is open Oct. 27 to Dec. 5 and asks for at least a 2.75 GPA and FAST scores of 3 or higher in reading and math. The school also lists 17 AP courses, four on-campus dual enrollment courses and career academies in health professions, culinary arts, skilled trades, sports medicine and welding. Its Middle School Scholars magnet program for seventh and eighth graders uses a separate wing of the campus; questions go to Principal Amy Gordon at 850-806-8409.
More on Pensacola schools
- The district’s high school directory, with the principal and phone for every high school
- Every public school in Pensacola, with zones and report cards
- Our Pensacola schools guide for the full calendar, enrollment steps and School Board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Pensacola High School serve?
Pensacola High serves grades 9 through 12, and it also runs a Middle School Scholars magnet program for seventh and eighth graders on its campus at 500 W. Maxwell St.
What is Pensacola High School’s Florida school grade?
Pensacola High earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 59% of possible points, after a B in 2025. Its 2024-25 graduation rate was 92%, the state’s file shows.
Which Pensacola addresses are zoned for Pensacola High?
About 35% of the residential parcels inside the city limits were zoned for Pensacola High in our check of the district’s Find Your School lookup, including downtown, North Hill, East Hill, the Eastside and the Westside. The rest were zoned for Washington High.
What time does Pensacola High start?
The first bell rings at 8:25 a.m. and dismissal is at 3:10 p.m., according to the school’s website. Early release days end at 1:20 p.m.
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