DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL

Located at 13410 HIGHWAY 77, in PANAMA CITY, Florida, DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL is a large unified-grade school that works with 1,690 students (grades pre-K through 12), overseen by BAY. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 379% above typical.

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

In terms of who attends, DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bay County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL shows 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Bay County shows median household income runs about $73,533, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Bay County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students), DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 7.8 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL has expanded 35%, going from 1,254 students in 2018 to 1,690 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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