Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center

Panama City · FL · BAY · Public · K-12 combined

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‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

33.3%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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.

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Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

8.3%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
RISING LEADERS ACADEMY PANAMA CITY	Public · charter	2.3	19	—
AMIKIDS MARITIME ACADEMY PANAMA CITY	Public · charter	1.1	26	—
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION PANAMA CITY	Public	1.3	—	—
CHAUTAUQUA CHARTER SCHOOL PANAMA CITY	Public · charter	0.2	52	—
NEW HORIZONS LEARNING CENTER PANAMA CITY	Public	2.8	49	—
SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH	Public	12.1	11	—
MARGARET K. LEWIS IN MILLVILLE PANAMA CITY	Public	2.1	52	-18.8%
PALM BAY PREPARATORY ACADEMY 6-12 PANAMA CITY	Public · charter	1.2	74	-6.3%

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Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center is a public high school in Panama City, FL, enrolling 28 students in grades 9-12 in 2023.

8% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

How many students attend Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center? Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center is a public high school in Panama City, FL, enrolling 28 students in grades 9-12 in 2023.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.