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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000065
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2001 NORTHSIDE DR, PANAMA CITY, FL 32405 · (850) 767-1506 · Bay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
291 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
67%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
46.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 44.5% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 569 | 51.1% | 47.7% |
| LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 572 | 50.3% | 56.2% |
| IMPERIAL ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 604 | 51.5% | 44.6% |
| ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 558 | 49.8% | 79.9% |
| BAY HAVEN SCHOOL OF BASICS PLUS SARASOTA | 547 | 51.9% | 68.9% |
| HILAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 684 | 52.2% | 41.6% |
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 NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #1,453 of 2,136 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,450 of 2,149 ▲ 201 | #15 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,457 of 2,149 ▼ 227 | #17 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,145 of 2,267 | #13 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,030 of 2,077 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #444 of 2,108 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #1,255 of 2,188 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #811 of 1,374 | #3 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
569
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 51% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 55% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 59% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 60% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 73% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 72% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 63% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 32% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 814 | 45 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in PANAMA CITY, Florida, in Bay County. It enrolls 569 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to BAY, a district of 47 schools and 27,494 students.
More than half of enrollment at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 50%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 10% multiracial. The county population is about 75% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 67%.
Classroom staffing at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 51% of students (291) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.5%.
In the wider Bay County area, median household income comes to about $73,533, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Bay County's 50 public schools enroll about 27,672 students and include NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 47.7% versus a 54.9% average.
NCES describes the area around NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 569, starting from 561.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 students
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 865 students
- BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 766 students
- DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 735 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 43.
- Northside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,073 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 683 students
- Northside ElementaryPEARL, MS · 665 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolDallas, GA · 626 students
- Northside ElementarySeneca, SC · 616 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 99
- BAY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.9 mi · 2
- BAY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)0.9 mi · 14
- BAY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.9 mi · 25
- RISING LEADERS ACADEMY1.0 mi · 311
- PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHSIDE 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.