CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school in PANAMA CITY, Florida, part of BAY. The school educates 622 students in grades pre-K through 5.

BAY runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 27,494 students. CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bay County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Bay County shows median household income runs about $73,533, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Bay County (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students).

The closest other public school is PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 15%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 622 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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