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Enrollment
677
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000059
TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5044 TOMMY SMITH DR, PANAMA CITY, FL 32404 · (850) 767-1688 · Bay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
307 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 | 52 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
48%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
44.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 40.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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 TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 677 | 45.3% | 44.1% |
| JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JENSEN BEACH | 611 | 45.2% | 73.2% |
| TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORMOND BEACH | 652 | 45.7% | 67.5% |
| DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 735 | 43.8% | 48.8% |
| WEST NAVARRE PRIMARY SCHOOL NAVARRE | 666 | 45.2% | N/A |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE NAVARRE | 698 | 46.8% | 67.8% |
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 TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,636 of 2,136 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,939 of 2,149 ▼ 142 | #21 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,600 of 2,149 ▼ 109 | #18 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #791 of 2,267 | #9 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,270 of 2,077 | #14 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #1,447 of 2,108 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #1,435 of 2,188 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #518 of 621 | #10 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
677
+158 (+30%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 677 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 45% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 55% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 53% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 50% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 62% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 70% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 747 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 59% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 877 | 45 | 19.5:1 | 45% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in PANAMA CITY, Florida, TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 677 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
BAY is the district for TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 47 schools and 27,494 students.
A majority of students at TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 70%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Black. By the diversity index, TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 48%.
At TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 41 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.5:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 45% of enrollment. Across public schools in Bay County, the average is about the same, 43%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58.5%. It actually posts 44.1%, which is 14.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Bay County show that median household income is about $73,533, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 50 public schools operate in Bay County, serving about 27,672 students.
The nearest public school is MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The number of students grew from 519 to 677 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.9 to 16.5 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 students
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 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
Nearby schools
- MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 634
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 526
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMY2.0 mi · 865
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 696
- DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 735
- BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY4.3 mi · 766
Frequently asked questions
About TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 677 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BAY in Bay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.