Summary:
Rising Leaders Academy is an alternative public charter school located in Panama City, Florida, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 301 students. The school is part of the Bay District, which is ranked 28th out of 68 districts in Florida and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rising Leaders Academy consistently outperforms the Bay District and Florida state averages in various standardized test scores, including EOC (End-of-Course) exams, Statewide Science assessments, and FAST (Florida Assessment of Student Thinking) English Language Arts and Math assessments. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Rising Leaders Academy had 91% proficiency in EOC/Algebra 1, compared to 55% for the Bay District and Florida state. The school also had exceptional performance in EOC/Civics, with 97% proficiency, compared to 68% for the Bay District and 67% for Florida. However, Rising Leaders Academy has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 11.4% in the 2020-2021 school year to 27.2% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the nearby Deane Bozeman School.
Rising Leaders Academy has a more diverse student population compared to the nearby Deane Bozeman School, which has a predominantly white student body. In the 2022-2023 school year, Rising Leaders Academy had 58.14% white, 18.94% African American, 9.3% Hispanic, and 4.65% Asian students. Additionally, Rising Leaders Academy has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 24.02% in 2020-2021 to 39.07% in 2021-2022, which is lower than the nearby Margaret K. Lewis In Millville school, which had a 52.75% free and reduced lunch rate in 2022-2023.
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Detail:
Public, Charter, Alternative K-12
District:
Bay
SchoolDigger Rank:
751st of 2,256 Florida Alternative Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,126
Student/teacher ratio: 16.7
Number of students: 301
Racial breakdown:
White:
58.1%
African American:
18.9%
Hispanic:
9.3%
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Two or more races:
7.3%
Asian:
4.7%
American Indian:
1.3%
Pacific Islander:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 36.2%
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