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Enrollment
755
Combined
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009002665
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
300 NAUTILUS ST, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL 32413 · (850) 767-5180 · Bay County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Florida public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
258 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 233 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 240 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 11 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%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
60.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
65.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp 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 65 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 63.8% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 755 | 34.2% | 62.0% |
| PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT WEST MELBOURNE WEST MELBOURNE | 832 | 30.2% | 66.5% |
| JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 734 | 34.9% | 56.2% |
| ALTHA PUBLIC SCHOOL ALTHA | 653 | 43.2% | 55.8% |
| P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 1,363 | 27.4% | 79.9% |
| DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 1,690 | 37.2% | 63.7% |
Matched among Florida K-12 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 SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #11 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #11 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #14 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #14 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #24 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #23 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #62 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #20 of 24 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
755
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 951
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 755 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 34% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 48% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 43 | 19.6:1 | 48% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 38% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 47 | 17.2:1 | 44% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 49% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 1,023 | 56 | 18.3:1 | 47% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 1,050 | 51 | 20.6:1 | 34% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 951 | 54 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a high-enrollment combined-grade school in PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida. Students in pre-K through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 755 students. For comparison, combined schools in Florida average about 353 students.
BAY runs SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 46 other schools, enrolling 27,494 students in total.
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 64% White. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Bay County overall, about 75% of residents are White. SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 16.4 students per teacher and 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 34%. For comparison, public schools in Bay County average 43%.
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Florida public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.0%.
Bay County has these Census figures: median household income is about $73,533, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 50 public schools in Bay County.
The shortest distance from SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 755, close to the 762 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 20.1 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SURFSIDE MIDDLE 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
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
Other schools in PANAMA CITY BEACH
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,629 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
- PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 573 students
- A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMYElementary · 470 students
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 573
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,629
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMY2.7 mi · 1,089
- A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY4.9 mi · 470
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 362
- PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 755 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.