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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000040
HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12900 MIDDLE BEACH RD, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL 32407 · (850) 767-5195 · Bay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
248 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
64%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
67.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.2% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 56.9% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 573 | 43.3% | 61.0% |
| OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 524 | 42.7% | 77.0% |
| LIBERTY MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 560 | 39.5% | 77.9% |
| A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY PANAMA CITY BEACH | 470 | 40.2% | 53.4% |
| HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 517 | 43.5% | 67.0% |
| SEASIDE CHARTER NORTH CAMPUS JACKSONVILLE | 496 | 41.1% | 36.4% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #820 of 2,136 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #968 of 2,149 ▲ 101 | #8 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #547 of 2,149 ▲ 251 | #4 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,129 of 2,267 | #12 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,388 of 2,077 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #638 of 2,108 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #1,490 of 2,188 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #1,254 of 1,374 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
573
-58 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 43% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 55% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 59% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 42% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 61% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 67% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 50 | 14.1:1 | 72% (504) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 44% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 34 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida, HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 573 students in kindergarten through 5.
BAY counts 47 schools and 27,494 students, including HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 53 are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Bay County, the White share is about 75%. The diversity index for HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.9:1. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. By family income, 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Bay County is similar, at 43%.
HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.0% and a predicted 59.5%.
Census data for Bay County show median household income comes to about $73,533, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 50 public schools and about 27,672 students.
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.9:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
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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
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
Other schools in PANAMA CITY BEACH
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,629 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
- SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined · 755 students
- PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMYElementary · 470 students
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 755
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,629
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMY1.8 mi · 1,089
- A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY3.9 mi · 470
- PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 589
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 53% White, 18% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BAY in Bay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.