A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY

A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY operates as a cozy elementary school in PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida, part of BAY. Current enrollment sits at 470 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

BAY comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 27,494 students; A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY is among them.

Demographically, A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Bay County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bay County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,533 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY is one of 50 public schools in Bay County (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students).

PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.