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BAY

Panama City, Florida · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

27,558
Students enrolled
49
Public schools
1,611
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 764
  • Kindergarten 2,099
  • Grade 1 2,096
  • Grade 2 2,010
  • Grade 3 2,261
  • Grade 4 2,040
  • Grade 5 2,205
  • Grade 6 2,000
  • Grade 7 2,018
  • Grade 8 2,087
  • Grade 9 2,072
  • Grade 10 2,124
  • Grade 11 1,901
  • Grade 12 1,881

By race/ethnicity

  • White 60%
  • Hispanic/Latino 15%
  • Black or African American 15%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Asian 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 12,012 of 27,492 students in the 46 of its 47 schools that report
  • Free lunch 40%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$11,843 spent per student on day-to-day operations Florida median: $12,447 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,480
  • Support services $3,946
  • Other (food service, etc.) $416

Where the money comes from

  • Local 53%
  • State 32%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $422.1 milliontotal spending $431.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: MidsizeStudents: 52% suburb, 37% city, 12% rural

Total staff (FTE)

3,725

District office

1311 BALBOA AVE, Panama City FL 32401

County

Bay County

Official website

NCES District ID

1200090

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About BAY

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Bay District Schools is committed to educational excellence where our community of learners gains the knowledge, skills and character to enrich the quality of life.
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