Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009008597
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1104 BALBOA AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401 · (850) 215-0770 · Bay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
175 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
73%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
58.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
52.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 57.8% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 321 | 54.5% | 52.8% |
| CLEVELAND COURT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 374 | 54.0% | 68.0% |
| BOCA RATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 335 | 55.8% | 51.7% |
| LONE STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 318 | 51.6% | 59.7% |
| WILDWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WILDWOOD | 409 | 53.5% | 49.0% |
| CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 325 | 58.8% | 56.9% |
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 PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,192 of 2,136 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,428 of 2,149 ▼ 396 | #14 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #892 of 2,149 ▲ 192 | #9 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,947 of 2,267 | #23 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,396 of 2,077 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #52 of 2,108 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #1,114 of 2,188 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #411 of 621 | #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
321
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 321 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 55% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 61% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 64% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 15 | 20.2:1 | 53% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 67% (202) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In PANAMA CITY, Florida, part of Bay County, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school's 321 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 47% lower than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
BAY includes 47 schools. Together they enroll 27,494 students.
Enrollment at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 33%. After that, the student body is 28% Black, 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Bay County is about 75% White. The chance that two students picked at random at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Teachers at the school number 19 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.9:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. The school's lunch program data list 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bay County is 43%.
The allk12 Grade for PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 40% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 52.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 53.9%.
Across Bay County, median household income is about $73,533, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 50 public schools in Bay County.
The next-closest public school is PALM BAY PREPARATORY ACADEMY 6-12, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
The number of students climbed from 303 to 321 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.2:1 to 16.9:1.
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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
- 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 Palm Bay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Palm Bay Elementary. PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 583 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BAY PREPARATORY ACADEMY 6-120.0 mi · 203
- BAY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.2 mi · 2
- BAY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.2 mi · 25
- BAY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)0.2 mi · 14
- JINKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 541
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-05.
Is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 33% White, 27% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM BAY 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.