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High · Alternative · Grades 9 to 12

Central High School, Panama City, FL

Charter schoolCEP schoolCentral High School is a public high school in Panama City, part of Bay County Public Schools. It enrolled 99 students in 2024-25, with 24.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
99
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Students per teacher
24.8
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 7.7 higher than the district figure of 17.1. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.8
District17.1
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1250 W 17th St Ste a, Panama City, FL 32405
Phone
(850)215-0770
District
Bay County Public Schools
County
Bay County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
120009008471
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
40
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
4040.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
39Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Bay County Public Schools

High schools elsewhere in Panama City

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.