1
Parents: what's one thing you'd want the RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,394
High
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000064
RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL
1000 SCHOOL AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401 · (850) 767-4500 · Bay County
GRADES 06–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,394 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
804 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 192 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 240 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 226 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 210 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 180 | 13% |
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
34.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 29.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL
RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,394 | 57.7% | 34.0% |
| HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL PALM BAY | 1,960 | 57.7% | 46.0% |
| PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,793 | 58.9% | 46.7% |
| ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,844 | 60.8% | 58.6% |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 1,634 | 58.3% | 40.1% |
| LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,985 | 56.8% | 48.0% |
Matched among Florida high 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 RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #537 of 555 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #354 of 549 ▼ 13 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #538 of 559 ▼ 5 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,394 | #322 of 830 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #66 of 575 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #11 of 594 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #128 of 630 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.5% | #33 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,394
+15 (+1%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,646
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,394 | 80 | 17.4:1 | 58% (804) |
| 2023-24 | 1,423 | 76 | 18.7:1 | 61% (873) |
| 2022-23 | 1,337 | 65.6 | 20.4:1 | 63% (845) |
| 2020-21 | 1,379 | 79 | 17.5:1 | 64% (881) |
| 2017-18 | 1,014 | 51 | 19.9:1 | 58% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 1,065 | 53 | 20.1:1 | 58% (622) |
| 2010-11 | 1,313 | 76 | 17.3:1 | 48% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 1,941 | 110 | 17.6:1 | 27% (520) |
| 1990-91 | 1,646 | 100 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
About RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL
PANAMA CITY, Florida, is home to RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL, a medium-sized high school. The school counts 1,394 students across grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students.
Federal data list 47 schools in BAY, with 27,494 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 34%. Next come 32% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 75% White among all Bay County residents. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL total 80 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.4:1. That is 6.1 students per teacher below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 58%. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Bay County is 15 points.
The allk12 Grade for RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL is F. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL is 18.3 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Florida.
Bay County has about 186,393 residents, and the median household income is $73,533, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Bay County has 50 public schools and roughly 27,672 students.
The closest other public school is CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.0% against a local average of 38.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,379 in 2020-21 and 1,394 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
- TYNDALL ACADEMYElementary · 883 students
Other schools in PANAMA CITY
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 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
- UNIVERSITY ACADEMY SABL INCElementary · 711 students
Other Rutherford High schools
One other US public school is named Rutherford High. RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Rutherford High SchoolRUTHERFORD, NJ · 727 students
Nearby schools
- CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 495
- MARGARET K. LEWIS IN MILLVILLE1.3 mi · 170
- OSCAR PATTERSON ACADEMY1.4 mi · 394
- ROSENWALD HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 351
- MERRIAM CHERRY STREET ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 343
- PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,394 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 34% White, 22% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BAY in Bay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.