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What advice would you give to incoming students at BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
429
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009005429
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
2501 HAWKS LANDING BLVD, PANAMA CITY, FL 32405 · (850) 248-3500 · Bay County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
153 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 144 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +19.2pp since 2023
Math
84.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +18.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 84.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 66.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 429 | 35.7% | 70.5% |
| NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 526 | 29.8% | 78.0% |
| WAKULLA MIDDLE SCHOOL CRAWFORDVILLE | 476 | 37.0% | 59.1% |
| L. A. AINGER MIDDLE SCHOOL ROTONDA WEST | 625 | 37.0% | 60.7% |
| HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL INDIALANTIC | 473 | 30.9% | 65.9% |
| OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER VALPARAISO | 366 | 27.9% | 97.8% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #86 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #48 of 560 ▲ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #49 of 560 ▲ 118 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #502 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #296 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #359 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #434 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #283 of 379 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
429
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 26.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 429 | 22 | 19.5:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 35% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 17 | 26.6:1 | 20% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 29% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 1% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school based in PANAMA CITY, Florida. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 429 students. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average about 794 students each.
BAY is the district for BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. It has 47 schools and 27,494 students.
White students are the majority at BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 67% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 8 points below the 75% share among Bay County residents. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.5 students per teacher. That matches the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%.
The allk12 Grade for BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Florida, BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 70.5% actual against a predicted 63.3%.
Within Bay County, the median household income is $73,533, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Bay County has 50 public schools and roughly 27,672 students.
Nearest public school: BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Mid-size. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment at BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL dropped 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 453 to 429 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.6:1 to 19.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
186,393
Census ACS
Median income
$73,533
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BAY
- A. CRAWFORD MOSLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,864 students
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 students
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,629 students
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
Other schools in PANAMA CITY
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 students
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 865 students
- BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 766 students
- DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY0.0 mi · 766
- HILAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 684
- A. CRAWFORD MOSLEY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,864
- NEW HORIZONS LEARNING CENTER1.1 mi · 93
- MOWAT MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 803
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMY2.4 mi · 865
Frequently asked questions
About BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 429 students in grades 06-08.
Is BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BAY HAVEN CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BAY in Bay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.