PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment K-5 school in PANAMA CITY, Florida, overseen by BAY, teaches 510 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 47 schools operated by BAY, a district that educates 27,494 students overall.

On demographics, PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bay County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bay County indicate median household income runs about $73,533, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in Bay County (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students).

The closest other public school is MARGARET K. LEWIS IN MILLVILLE, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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