TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary campus in PANAMA CITY, Florida, TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 677 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under BAY.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.5%; actual is 44.1%, a gap of -14.3 points.

Zooming out to the 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Bay County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,672 students), of which TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 677 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 70%.

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