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RISING LEADERS ACADEMY → BAY REGIONAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER → EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION → AMIKIDS MARITIME ACADEMY → APALACHICOLA FOREST YOUTH ACADEMY → WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF VARYING EXCEPTIONALITIES (WAVE) → CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING → NEW HORIZONS LEARNING CENTER →For Parents
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Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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📊 Florida School Grade
Florida's official A–F school grade.
Every Florida public school earns an annual A–F grade from the state — the single signal Florida families (and the housing market) watch most. It rolls achievement, learning gains, graduation, and college/career readiness into one letter.
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A high school's grade is the percent of possible points across up to 11 components — English/math achievement and learning gains, science & social-studies achievement, the 4-year graduation rate, and College & Career Acceleration: the share of graduates who earned college credit (via AP, IB, AICE, or dual enrollment) or an industry certification. Letter cutoffs: A ≥ 62%, B ≥ 54%, C ≥ 41%, D ≥ 32%, F below.
Source: Florida Department of Education, School Grades, 2023-24. Graduation rate & College/Career Acceleration components reflect the prior cohort year, per FLDOE's grading model.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 755 students:
≈ 59 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $13,868 per student in district revenue, the 59 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $818,212/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RISING LEADERS ACADEMY PANAMA CITY |
Public · charter | 9.8 | 19 | — |
| BAY REGIONAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER PANAMA CITY |
Public | 12.1 | 19 | — |
| EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION PANAMA CITY |
Public | 10.8 | — | — |
| AMIKIDS MARITIME ACADEMY PANAMA CITY |
Public · charter | 12.1 | 26 | — |
| APALACHICOLA FOREST YOUTH ACADEMY BRISTOL |
Public | 54.5 | 12 | — |
| WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF VARYING EXCEPTIONALITIES (WAVE) CHIPLEY |
Public | 42.1 | 14 | — |
| CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING MARIANNA |
Public | 52.0 | 14 | — |
| NEW HORIZONS LEARNING CENTER PANAMA CITY |
Public | 12.4 | 49 | — |