School district · Florida
Bay
Bay in Florida: 49 public schools with 27,494 students and 17.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,843 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 49
- 12 charter
- Students
- 27,494
- Students per teacher
- 17.1
- FL 18.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $11,843
- FL $12.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,611
- Counselors (FTE)
- 55.0
- Students per counselor
- 500
- FL 426 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 6.0
- Librarians (FTE): 32.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Florida: 57%56%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 58% of school districts in Florida
Median 55% · 74 school districts compared
12,014 students tested, grades 3–8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%58%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 51% of school districts in Florida
Median 57% · 74 school districts compared
11,015 students tested, grades 3–8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 16% · $66.3M
- State
- 32% · $133.4M
- Local
- 53% · $222.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,480
- Support services
- $3,946
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $91.2M
- Long-term debt
- $170.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Gary Walsingham AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 470 | 16.8 | 48% | 53% |
Bay Haven Charter AcademyCharter | K–5 | 766 | 16.7 | 61% | 75% |
| Pre-K–8 | 1,089 | 15.6 | 59% | 65% | |
Callaway Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 622 | 20.1 | 51% | 57% |
Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 495 | 14.6 | 32% | 31% |
Deer Point Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 735 | 16.0 | 50% | 53% |
Hiland Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 684 | 17.1 | 42% | 41% |
Hutchison Beach Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 573 | 16.9 | 67% | 63% |
Lucille Moore Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 543 | 14.7 | 36% | 44% |
Lynn Haven Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 688 | 15.3 | 57% | 63% |
Merriam Cherry Street ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 343 | 12.7 | 48% | 49% |
| K–5 | 696 | 18.1 | 70% | 83% | |
Northside Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 569 | 15.8 | 47% | 53% |
Oscar Patterson AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 394 | 15.2 | 26% | 26% |
Palm Bay Elementary SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–5 | 321 | 16.9 | 59% | 53% |
Parker Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 510 | 16.5 | 41% | 43% |
Patronis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 589 | 15.5 | 78% | 73% |
Southport Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 531 | 17.1 | 60% | 60% |
St. Andrew School at Oakland TerraceAlternativeFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 55 | 4.6 | 15% | 17% |
Tommy Smith Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 677 | 16.5 | 44% | 39% |
| Pre-K–8 | 883 | 15.2 | 64% | 67% | |
University Academy Sabl IncCharter | K–8 | 711 | 18.2 | 86% | 96% |
Waller Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 423 | 12.4 | 48% | 50% |
West Bay Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 362 | 15.7 | 58% | 62% |
| 6–8 | 429 | 19.5 | 77% | 83% | |
Jinks Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 541 | 18.0 | 39% | 32% |
Merritt Brown Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 634 | 17.1 | 48% | 39% |
Mowat Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 803 | 18.7 | 53% | 47% |
| 6–8 | 526 | 21.0 | 70% | 87% | |
| 9–12 | 1,864 | 23.0 | — | — | |
Amikids Maritime AcademyCharter | 9–12 | 26 | 5.2 | — | — |
Bay High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,289 | 19.8 | — | — |
Bay Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)Fully virtual | 6–12 | 14 | — | — | — |
Central High SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 99 | 24.8 | — | — |
Chautauqua Charter SchoolCharterSpecial educationFree meals for all | 9–12 | 52 | 10.4 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,629 | 21.2 | — | — | |
New Horizons Learning CenterAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 93 | 5.5 | 12% | 13% |
| 9–12 | 865 | 22.8 | — | — | |
Palm Bay Preparatory Academy 6-12CharterFree meals for all | 6–12 | 203 | 18.5 | 62% | 46% |
Rosenwald High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 351 | 13.0 | 9.3% | 7.8% |
Rutherford High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 1,394 | 17.4 | 33% | 30% |
Bay Regional Juvenile Detention CenterAlternative | K–12 | — | — | — | — |
Bay Virtual FranchiseFully virtual | 3–12 | 25 | — | — | — |
Bay Virtual Instruction ProgramFully virtual | K–12 | 2 | — | — | — |
Deane Bozeman SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 1,690 | 20.1 | 63% | 69% |
Exceptional Student EducationSpecial education | Pre-K–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Margaret K. Lewis in MillvilleSpecial educationFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 170 | 6.1 | — | — |
Rising Leaders AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 311 | 15.6 | 73% | 79% |
Surfside Middle SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 755 | 16.4 | 60% | 59% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1311 Balboa Ave, Panama City, FL 32401
- Phone
- (850)767-4100
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.