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Rutherford High School, Panama City, FL

CEP schoolRutherford High School is a public high school in Panama City, part of Bay County Public Schools. It enrolled 1,394 students in 2024-25, with 17.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,394
Teachers (FTE)
80.0
Students per teacher
17.4
Grades
6 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as 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 school17.4
District17.1
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1000 School Ave, Panama City, FL 32401
County
Bay County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
120009000064
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
760
Reduced-price lunch
44
Free or reduced-price lunch
80457.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
760Students 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.