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Enrollment
1,289
High
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000039
BAY HIGH SCHOOL
1200 HARRISON AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401 · (850) 767-4600 · Bay County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,289 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
570 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 347 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 356 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 315 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 271 | 21% |
Student demographics
70%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
52.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 HIGH SCHOOL
BAY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,289 | 44.2% | 51.8% |
| ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCKLEDGE | 1,579 | 48.2% | 43.4% |
| COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 1,711 | 44.8% | 44.8% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL PALM BAY | 2,122 | 47.7% | 45.6% |
| NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 791 | 47.2% | 59.2% |
| LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG | 1,724 | 47.7% | 33.0% |
Matched among Florida high 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #294 of 555 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #425 of 549 ▼ 24 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #326 of 559 ▼ 164 | #6 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,289 | #343 of 830 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #150 of 575 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #52 of 594 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #314 of 630 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #161 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,289
+250 (+24%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,555
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 1,289 | 65 | 19.8:1 | 44% (570) |
| 2023-24 | 1,298 | 58.7 | 22.1:1 | 52% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 1,255 | 49.5 | 25.4:1 | 53% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 1,039 | 45 | 23.1:1 | 46% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 1,199 | 59 | 20.3:1 | 54% (653) |
| 2015-16 | 1,296 | 67 | 19.3:1 | 58% (749) |
| 2010-11 | 1,223 | 63 | 19.4:1 | 48% (590) |
| 2000-01 | 1,161 | 71 | 16.4:1 | 26% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 1,555 | 94 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
About BAY HIGH SCHOOL
Federal records list BAY HIGH SCHOOL as a high school in PANAMA CITY, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,289 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students, so this school is 25% bigger than average.
BAY HIGH SCHOOL is part of BAY, where 47 schools serve 27,494 students.
White students are the largest group at BAY HIGH SCHOOL, with 44% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 32 points below the 75% share among Bay County residents. By the diversity index, BAY HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 70%.
Teachers at the school number 65 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.8:1. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 43% average for public schools in Bay County.
allk12 grades BAY HIGH SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BAY HIGH SCHOOL's results are 7.3 points below predicted: 51.8% against 59.0%.
Within Bay County, median household income is about $73,533, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 50 public schools in Bay County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,672.
The school nearest to BAY HIGH SCHOOL is CHAUTAUQUA CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, BAY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
Federal data place BAY HIGH SCHOOL in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 24%, from 1,039 to 1,289. By 2024-25, the school had 19.8 students per teacher, compared with 23.1 in 2020-21.
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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
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
- TYNDALL ACADEMYElementary · 883 students
Other schools in PANAMA CITY
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 students
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 865 students
- BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 766 students
- DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 735 students
- UNIVERSITY ACADEMY SABL INCElementary · 711 students
Other Bay High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bay High. BAY HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Bay High SchoolBay Village, OH · 684 students
- Bay High SchoolBAY ST LOUIS, MS · 491 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLBAY, AR · 233 students
Nearby schools
- CHAUTAUQUA CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 52
- JINKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 541
- PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 321
- PALM BAY PREPARATORY ACADEMY 6-121.0 mi · 203
- BAY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.0 mi · 2
- BAY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.0 mi · 25
Frequently asked questions
About BAY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,289 students in grades 09-12.
Is BAY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BAY HIGH SCHOOL have?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the student diversity at BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BAY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 19% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BAY in Bay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.