CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in PANAMA CITY, Florida, one of the schools within BAY, enrolling 495 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 47 schools in BAY (27,494 students total), CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 32% White, 18% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bay County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.7%; CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 26.7%, -17.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, Bay County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,533 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Bay County (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students).

The closest other public school is RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 6%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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