DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized K-5 school in PANAMA CITY, Florida, DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 735 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within BAY. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 47 schools operated by BAY, a district that serves 27,494 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 48.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bay County put median household earnings sit near $73,533, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Bay County (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students).

The closest other public school is NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMY, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 770 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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