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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000045

LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1900 MICHIGAN AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32405 · (850) 767-1428 · Bay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Florida public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools

Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
368 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K234%
Kindergarten8415%
Grade 18816%
Grade 28215%
Grade 310519%
Grade 46712%
Grade 59417%

This year's kindergarten class (84) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).

Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
14226%
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
19235%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
15829%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
479%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
28052%
Female
26348%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
35.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -9.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2535.9%44.2%
2023-2442.7%53.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school54367.8%46.9%
SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY
PORT ST LUCIE
52764.1%57.1%
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLEARWATER
54671.4%64.1%
DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DUNEDIN
47468.1%45.7%
LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORT PIERCE
64568.1%48.4%
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRADENTON
50265.9%46.4%
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 LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Bay County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.9%#1,487 of 2,136#17 of 23
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.2%#1,782 of 2,149
▼ 546
#18 of 23
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.9%#1,917 of 2,149
▼ 405
#21 of 23
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
543#1,257 of 2,267#14 of 24
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.7:1#563 of 2,077#4 of 23
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
71.4%#116 of 2,108#4 of 23
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
67.8%#553 of 2,188#5 of 23
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+13.1%#288 of 621#6 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 2024-25
Enrollment
543
+88 (+19%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255433714.7:168% (368)
2023-2452437.713.9:172% (376)
2022-235033514.4:171% (357)
2020-214553612.6:169% (316)
2017-184803912.3:179% (379)
2015-165424212.9:184% (456)
2010-115014411.4:187% (436)
2000-016103716.5:173% (446)
1990-915633715.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by BAY in PANAMA CITY, Florida. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 543 students.

LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in BAY, a district with 27,494 students across 47 schools.

Hispanic students account for 35% of enrollment at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other students are 29% Black, 26% White, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Bay County residents are about 9% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 71%.

The school has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.7 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Of all students at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 68% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bay County is 43%.

LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Florida public elementary schools.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.9% actual, 47.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.

In the wider Bay County area, the median household earns about $73,533 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Bay County, 50 public schools serve about 27,672 students.

The closest school to LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL AT FSU PC, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 46.9% compares with 71.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.

NCES describes the area around LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

A 19% increase took enrollment from 455 in 2020-21 to 543 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.6:1 to 14.7:1.

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Bay County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
BAY
Address
1900 MICHIGAN AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32405
Phone
(850) 767-1428
County
Bay County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
543
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student–teacher ratio
14.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
368 (68%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
120009000045
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 26% White, 35% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LUCILLE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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