High · Florida

Palm Bay Preparatory Academy 6-12

CharterFree meals for all

Palm Bay Preparatory Academy 6-12, a public high school in Panama City, Florida: grades 6–12, 203 students, 18.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bay.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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
203
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Students per teacher
18.5
Grades
6–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 72% of high schools in Florida

Median 21.6 · 762 schools compared

More students per teacher than 76% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of high schools in Florida

Median 948 · 833 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 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%

62%proficient

+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 75% of high schools in Florida

Median 45% · 146 high schools compared

127 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

46%proficient

−16.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 56% of high schools in Florida

Median 39% · 146 high schools compared

114 students tested, grades 6, 7, 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.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 6–12
Type
Charter 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
1104 Balboa Ave, Panama City, FL 32401
Phone
(850)215-0770
City or town
Panama City

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–1214———
Central High SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all
9–129924.8——
Bay High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,28919.8——
Chautauqua Charter SchoolCharterSpecial educationFree meals for all
9–125210.4——
9–12265.2——
Rosenwald High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all
6–1235113.09.3%7.8%

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

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.

NCES 120009007472