A.K. Suter Elementary, 501 Pickens Ave.: kindergarten to fifth grade, 500 students (2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 850-595-6810.
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.
A.K. Suter Elementary School is the Escambia County Public Schools elementary school on Pickens Avenue, inside the city limits in East Pensacola Heights, east of Bayou Texar. It is the zoned elementary school for about one in eight homes in Pensacola.
Who to call
- Front office: 850-595-6810, 501 Pickens Ave., Pensacola, FL 32503
- School website: suteres.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 | 501 Pickens Ave., Pensacola, FL 32503 |
| Phone | 850-595-6810 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 |
| Principal | Alicia Mathis |
| 2026 state grade | A (67% of points) |
| School hours | 7:50 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. |
Principal. Alicia Mathis is the principal, according to the school’s administration page. Melanie Haupt is assistant principal.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 500 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 29 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 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 Suter an A in its 2026 school grades, after an A in 2025 and a B in 2024. The school earned 67% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The file lists 49% of its students as economically disadvantaged, and it is a Title I school.
| 2026 school grade measure | Result |
|---|---|
| School grade | A (67% of points) |
| Third grade English language arts achievement | 74% |
| English language arts achievement | 71% |
| English language arts learning gains | 64% |
| Math achievement | 77% |
| Math learning gains | 74% |
| Science achievement | 70% |
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 12% were zoned for Suter. All 10 addresses checked for our East Pensacola Heights guide were zoned for Suter, as was one at the south end of Cordova Park, and some streets in East Hill are too.
Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list. Every Pensacola address we checked in the Suter zone was zoned for J.H. Workman Middle. About 90% were zoned for Booker T. Washington High and the rest for Pensacola 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 Suter.
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. Student drop-off starts at 7:30 a.m., the tardy bell rings at 7:50 a.m. and dismissal is at 2:10 p.m., the school’s home page says.
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 Suter Elementary serve?
A.K. Suter Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the federal NCES directory. It is at 501 Pickens Ave., and its main line is 850-595-6810.
What is Suter Elementary’s Florida school grade?
Suter earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 67% of possible points, its second straight A.
Which middle and high school does Suter Elementary feed into?
The district does not publish a feeder list. Every Pensacola address we checked in the Suter zone was zoned for J.H. Workman Middle, and about nine in 10 were zoned for Booker T. Washington High; the rest were zoned for Pensacola High.
What time does Suter Elementary start?
Drop-off starts at 7:30 a.m., the tardy bell rings at 7:50 a.m. and dismissal is at 2:10 p.m., according to the school’s website.
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