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Bay Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided) is a public virtual high school serving grades 6-12 in Panama City, Florida, with a relatively small student population of 117. The school is part of the Bay District, which is ranked 31 out of 67 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Bay Virtual Instruction Program stands out for its consistently high 4-year graduation rates, ranging from 97.4% to 100% over the past 4 years, significantly higher than the state average and the rates of nearby traditional high schools like Rutherford High School (84.2%) and A. Crawford Mosley High School (95.1%). The school also has extremely low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 0% to 0.7% over the past 5 years, much lower than the nearby traditional high schools, which have chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 17.6% to 84.7%. However, the school's academic performance is more variable, with strong performance in some subjects like Biology 1 and US History, but lagging behind in others like Algebra 1 and English Language Arts.
Interestingly, Bay Virtual Instruction Program's student body is predominantly White, ranging from 70-73% over the past 3 years, higher than the racial diversity seen in many of the nearby traditional high schools. Additionally, the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at the school has increased from 19.12% to 30.77% over the past 3 years, lower than the rates at nearby schools like New Horizons Learning Center (72.9%), suggesting the virtual school may serve a more economically advantaged population. The school's spending per student has also increased from $3,758 to $4,878 over the past 3 years, lower than the spending at nearby traditional high schools, which range from $6,579 to $34,990 per student.
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