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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000068
TYNDALL ACADEMY
7800 TYNDALL PKWY, TYNDALL AFB, FL 32403 · (850) 767-1714 · Bay County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
327 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 | 37 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 30% larger than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
62%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
63.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
69.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 64.2% |
% 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
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 TYNDALL ACADEMY
TYNDALL ACADEMY's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYNDALL ACADEMY this school | 883 | 37.0% | 66.6% |
| ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARRISH | 981 | 34.9% | 70.2% |
| CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 783 | 36.4% | 74.5% |
| SORRENTO ELEMENTARY SORRENTO | 841 | 38.5% | 56.6% |
| HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL HIGH SPRINGS | 902 | 40.9% | 66.4% |
| APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL APOLLO BEACH | 794 | 31.9% | 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 TYNDALL ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #580 of 2,136 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #648 of 2,149 ▲ 125 | #5 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #666 of 2,149 ▲ 87 | #5 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #331 of 2,267 | #2 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #780 of 2,077 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #738 of 2,108 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #1,663 of 2,188 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #276 of 621 | #5 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
883
+495 (+128%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 883 | 58 | 15.2:1 | 37% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 908 | 56.6 | 16.0:1 | 35% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 37 | 21.6:1 | 41% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 20% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 38% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 35% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 42% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 44 | 17.8:1 | 44% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 45 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TYNDALL ACADEMY.
About TYNDALL ACADEMY
TYNDALL ACADEMY is a medium-sized elementary school located in TYNDALL AFB, Florida. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 883 students. The school's enrollment is 46% larger than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
TYNDALL ACADEMY falls under BAY, which has 47 schools enrolling 27,494 students.
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at TYNDALL ACADEMY combined. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 11% multiracial. By comparison, Bay County residents are about 75% White. The chance that two students picked at random at TYNDALL ACADEMY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Teacher staffing is 58 full-time equivalents, or about 15.2 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. About 37% of students, or 327, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at TYNDALL ACADEMY are 4.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.6% actual, 62.6% predicted).
Bay County has these Census figures: median household income is about $73,533, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. TYNDALL ACADEMY is among the 50 public schools in Bay County.
PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 3.7 miles away in a straight line. TYNDALL ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.9% proficiency; TYNDALL ACADEMY posts 66.6%.
NCES assigns TYNDALL ACADEMY the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
TYNDALL ACADEMY reported 388 students in 2020-21 and 883 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.2:1, from 19.4:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 510
- MARGARET K. LEWIS IN MILLVILLE4.7 mi · 170
- MERRIAM CHERRY STREET ELEMENTARY4.9 mi · 343
- CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 622
- AMIKIDS MARITIME ACADEMY5.7 mi · 26
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 1,394
Frequently asked questions
About TYNDALL ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at TYNDALL ACADEMY?
TYNDALL ACADEMY enrolls approximately 883 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does TYNDALL ACADEMY serve?
TYNDALL ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TYNDALL ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TYNDALL ACADEMY is approximately 15.2:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TYNDALL ACADEMY?
At TYNDALL ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees TYNDALL ACADEMY?
TYNDALL ACADEMY is overseen by BAY in Bay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.