Elementary · Florida
Merriam Cherry Street Elementary
Free meals for allMerriam Cherry Street Elementary, a public elementary school in Panama City, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 343 students, 12.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bay.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 343
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 86% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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%48%proficient
+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 55% · 2,181 elementary schools compared
161 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%49%proficient
+8.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 72% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 60% · 2,181 elementary schools compared
164 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Bay
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bay.
Location
- Address
- 1125 Cherry St, Panama City, FL 32401
- Phone
- (850)767-1480
- City or town
- Panama City
- County
- Bay County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oscar Patterson AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 394 | 15.2 | 26% | 26% |
Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 495 | 14.6 | 32% | 31% |
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% |
St. Andrew School at Oakland TerraceAlternativeFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 55 | 4.6 | 15% | 17% |
Northside Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 569 | 15.8 | 47% | 53% |
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
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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