NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in PANAMA CITY, Florida, part of BAY, with 696 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within BAY, which oversees 47 schools and 27,494 students, NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Bay County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 30% of students at NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bay County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 73.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bay County put 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%. In all, Bay County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students), of which NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 696 students in 2018 to 696 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 12% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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