SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SOUTHPORT, Florida, SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized K-5 school, run under BAY. It serves 531 students across grades pre-K through 5.

BAY runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 27,494 students. SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bay County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bay County) reports that median household earnings sit near $73,533, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bay County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students), SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LYNN HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 3.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.4%.

SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 34% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 531). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 93% to 89%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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