Schools · Panama
Panama, FL schools
Panama’s public schools score close to Florida’s averages: 51% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 5, then Jinks Middle School and Bay High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Panama’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Panama’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresCGraduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 45%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (445)Better than 45%
High confidence. Built on 13,583 tested students and a graduating class of 1,930; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Panama kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Bay County)51%
State average 52%
Math (grades PK–12, Bay County)51%
State average 47.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
FL: 90.3%
Graduating class
1,930
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #482 of 631 FL towns →
Districts
The district serving Panama
Bay County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 49 schools · 27,494 students
$11,843 per studentFL $13,006B-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Panama is home to Gulf Coast State College
More about Gulf Coast State College →Every school
All 32 schools in Panama
Showing 1–30 of 32 schools
University Academy Sabl IncElementary · Grades K–8 · 711 students
A+CharterNorthside Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 569 students
B-PublicLucille Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 543 students
DPublicOscar Patterson AcademyElementary · Grades PK–4 · 394 students
PublicMerriam Cherry Street ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 343 students
C-PublicPalm Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 321 students
BCharterST. Andrew School at Oakland TerraceElementary · Grades PK–5 · 55 students
CPublicHoly Nativity Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 283 students
PrivateSt. John Catholic AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 203 students
PrivateAdventist Christian AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 37 students
PrivateJinks Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 541 students
C+PublicBay High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,289 students
CPublicRosenwald High SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 351 students
D-PublicPalm Bay Preparatory Academy 6-12High · Grades 6–12 · 203 students
B-CharterThe Collegiate School at Fsu PCHigh · Grades 9–12 · 178 students
CharterCentral High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 99 students
DCharterChautauqua Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 52 students
CharterAmikids Maritime AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 26 students
CharterBay Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)High · Grades 6–12 · 14 students
PublicRising Leaders AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 311 students
ACharterMargaret K. Lewis in MillvilleOther · Grades PK–12 · 170 students
DPublicBay Virtual FranchiseOther · Grades 3–12 · 25 students
BPublicBay Virtual Instruction ProgramOther · Grades K–12 · 2 students
PublicExceptional Student EducationOther · Grades PK–12
PublicBay Regional Juvenile Detention CenterOther · Grades K–12
PublicPanama City Trilingual SchoolOther · Grades PK–9 · 166 students
PrivatePanama City Advanced SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 164 students
PrivateKaleidoscope School of DiscoveryOther · Grades K–12 · 159 students
PrivateCovenant Christian SchoolOther · Grades K–11 · 75 students
PrivateSquare Pegs Learning CenterOther · Grades PK–12 · 45 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.