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Rising Leaders Academy, Panama City, FL

Charter schoolCEP schoolRising Leaders Academy is a public school in Panama City, part of Bay County Public Schools. It enrolled 311 students in 2024-25, with 15.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "RISING LEADERS ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
311
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
15.6
Grades
K to 12

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower 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 school15.6
District17.1
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1527 Lincoln Ave, Panama City, FL 32405
Phone
(850)215-0844
District
Bay County Public Schools
County
Bay County
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
120009008094
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
96
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
9931.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
96Students 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

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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.