Scenic Heights Elementary, 3801 Cherry Laurel Drive: kindergarten to fifth grade, 773 students (2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 850-494-5635.
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.
Scenic Heights Elementary School is the Escambia County Public Schools elementary school on Cherry Laurel Drive, inside the city limits in northeast Pensacola. It is the zoned elementary school for about one in seven homes in the city, and the only Pensacola elementary whose zone mostly feeds Ferry Pass Middle instead of Workman.
Who to call
- Front office: 850-494-5635, 3801 Cherry Laurel Drive, Pensacola, FL 32504
- School website: scenicheightses.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 | 3801 Cherry Laurel Drive, Pensacola, FL 32504 |
| Phone | 850-494-5635 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 |
| Principal | Michelle Cox |
| 2026 state grade | A (64% of points) |
| School hours | 7:10 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. |
Principal. Michelle Cox is the principal, according to the school’s administration page; the district’s elementary directory lists her as Shelly Cox. Katie Maloney is assistant principal.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 773 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 44 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 students per teacher, and it makes Scenic Heights the largest elementary school inside the city.
- 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 Scenic Heights an A in its 2026 school grades, up from a C in 2025 and a B in 2024. The school earned 64% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The file lists 77.5% of its students as economically disadvantaged, and it is a Title I school.
| 2026 school grade measure | Result |
|---|---|
| School grade | A (64% of points) |
| Third grade English language arts achievement | 67% |
| English language arts achievement | 64% |
| English language arts learning gains | 63% |
| Math achievement | 71% |
| Math learning gains | 67% |
| Science achievement | 66% |
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 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 15% were zoned for Scenic Heights, in the northeast part of the city around the school.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list. About 95% of the Pensacola addresses we checked in the Scenic Heights zone were zoned for Ferry Pass Middle and the rest for J.H. Workman Middle. All were zoned for Booker T. Washington High.
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 Scenic Heights.
Calendar and bell times
The school’s home page lists Monday, Oct. 12, as a student holiday with no school. 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. Students arrive at 6:45 a.m., the tardy bell rings at 7:10 a.m. and dismissal is at 1:25 p.m., the school’s home page says. It also links a parent handbook and a drop-off and pickup map.
More on Pensacola schools
- The district’s elementary school directory, with the principal and phone for every elementary 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 Scenic Heights Elementary serve?
Scenic Heights Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the federal NCES directory. It is at 3801 Cherry Laurel Drive, and its main line is 850-494-5635.
What is Scenic Heights Elementary’s Florida school grade?
Scenic Heights earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 64% of possible points, up from a C in 2025.
Which middle and high school does Scenic Heights Elementary feed into?
The district does not publish a feeder list. Nearly all Pensacola addresses we checked in the Scenic Heights zone were zoned for Ferry Pass Middle, a few for J.H. Workman Middle, and all for Booker T. Washington High.
What time does Scenic Heights Elementary start?
Students arrive at 6:45 a.m., the tardy bell rings at 7:10 a.m. and dismissal is at 1:25 p.m., according to the school’s website.
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