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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000053
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1835 BRIDGE ST, SOUTHPORT, FL 32409 · (850) 767-1636 · Bay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
254 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 | 45 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
21%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
59.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 67.3% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 531 | 47.8% | 60.7% |
| CALLAHAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALLAHAN | 614 | 46.3% | N/A |
| CALLAHAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CALLAHAN | 586 | 43.0% | 75.1% |
| MEDART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRAWFORDVILLE | 417 | 47.5% | 59.5% |
| MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 624 | 48.1% | 55.4% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIMS | 500 | 42.2% | 59.3% |
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 SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #837 of 2,136 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #1,082 of 2,149 ▼ 440 | #10 of 23 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #847 of 2,149 ▼ 37 | #7 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #1,292 of 2,267 | #15 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,457 of 2,077 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #1,947 of 2,108 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #1,361 of 2,188 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.8% | #101 of 621 | #1 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
531
+91 (+21%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 531 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 48% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 57% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 52% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 60% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 65% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 67% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 61% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in BAY, located in SOUTHPORT, Florida. Enrollment totals 531 students across pre-K through 5.
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BAY, where 47 schools serve 27,494 students.
White students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Bay County's residents are about 75% White, 13 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. The school has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal data show 48% of students (254) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public elementary schools, SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 57.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.7%.
In the surrounding county, Bay County, the median household earns about $73,533 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Bay County has 50 public schools with about 27,672 students, including SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is LYNN HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 3.1 miles). There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 531, from 440 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 Southport Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Southport Elementary. SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Southport ElementaryWest Sacramento, CA · 785 students
- Southport Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 450 students
- Southport ElementaryKenosha, WI · 438 students
- Southport ElementarySouthport, NC · 413 students
Nearby schools
- LYNN HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 688
- DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 735
- MOWAT MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 803
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 526
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMY4.6 mi · 865
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.