Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009008453
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14813 SCHOOL DR, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL 32413 · (850) 767-1850 · Bay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
135 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
51%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
57.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
62.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 50.1% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 362 | 37.3% | 55.2% |
| ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 405 | 36.3% | 87.1% |
| ANONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 430 | 39.3% | 73.6% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUART | 443 | 38.8% | 67.1% |
| NORTH COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 312 | 37.5% | 55.2% |
| SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 428 | 39.7% | 72.3% |
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 WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,086 of 2,136 | #11 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #993 of 2,149 ▲ 376 | #9 of 23 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #933 of 2,149 ▲ 344 | #10 of 23 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #1,864 of 2,267 | #21 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,014 of 2,077 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #1,315 of 2,108 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #1,658 of 2,188 | #19 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #204 of 621 | #3 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
362
+53 (+17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 37% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 54% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 50% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 51% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 63% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 71% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida. It is a small elementary school. School enrollment was 362 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 40% smaller than that.
Federal data list 47 schools in BAY, with 27,494 students enrolled.
Roughly 66% of students at WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Bay County's residents are about 75% White, 10 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.7:1 comes from the school's 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 37% in 2024-25.
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 62.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bay County, the median household income is $73,533, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 50 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 5.5 miles away. Within ten miles of WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 7 other public schools. Local comparison: WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 55.2% versus a 69.1% average.
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 362 students in 2024-25, 53 more than the 309 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined · 755 students
- PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 589 students
- HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 573 students
- A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMYElementary · 470 students
Other West Bay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named West Bay Elementary. WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 405 students
Nearby schools
- SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.5 mi · 755
- HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 573
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL6.4 mi · 1,629
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMY6.7 mi · 1,089
- A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY8.3 mi · 470
- MAGNET INNOVATION CENTER9.9 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 362 students in grades PK-05.
Is WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST BAY 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.