Schools in Southport · Bay County School District
Southport’s public schools score below 55% of Florida districts
The public schools Southport’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
51%
▼ 1 pts vs FL 52%
2020–21
Math proficiency
51%
▲ 3 pts vs FL 48%
2020–21
Graduate on time
89%
▼ 1 pts vs FL 90%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$11.8K
▼ 9% vs FL $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
17.1
FL 18.2 · smaller classes
Schools
1
531 students
The School Grade
How Southport compares
B Test scoresC Graduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 45%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 13,583 tested students and a graduating class of 1,930; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Florida only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Southport.
8 schools teach 6th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Deane Bozeman School, Rutherford High School, Breakfast Point Academy and Tyndall Academy and more.
8 schools teach 7th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Deane Bozeman School, Rutherford High School, Breakfast Point Academy and Tyndall Academy and more.
8 schools teach 8th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: Deane Bozeman School, Rutherford High School, Breakfast Point Academy and Tyndall Academy and more.
6 schools teach 9th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: A. Crawford Mosley High School, Deane Bozeman School, J.R. Arnold High School and Rutherford High School and more.
6 schools teach 10th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: A. Crawford Mosley High School, Deane Bozeman School, J.R. Arnold High School and Rutherford High School and more.
6 schools teach 11th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: A. Crawford Mosley High School, Deane Bozeman School, J.R. Arnold High School and Rutherford High School and more.
6 schools teach 12th grade in Southport’s district. Which one depends on your address: A. Crawford Mosley High School, Deane Bozeman School, J.R. Arnold High School and Rutherford High School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–5Southport Elementary SchoolBay County School District
6–128 schoolsDepends on your address
126 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading51%
State average 52%
Math51%
State average 47.9%
Every school in Southport
1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Elementary
Also serving Southport · in other towns
Deane Bozeman School
B+1,690 students20:1Rate it →
Rutherford High School
D1,394 students17:1Rate it →
Breakfast Point Academy
B+1,089 students16:1Rate it →
Tyndall Academy
A883 students15:1Rate it →
Mowat Middle School
B803 students19:1Rate it →
Surfside Middle School
B+755 students16:1Rate it →
Merritt Brown Middle School
C634 students17:1Rate it →
Jinks Middle School
C+541 students18:1Rate it →
A. Crawford Mosley High School
B1,864 students23:1Rate it →
J.R. Arnold High School
B−1,629 students21:1Rate it →
Bay High School
C1,289 students20:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Southport
There’s no college in Southport, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, 8.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Southport. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Florida. Stars are from neighbors.