Northside Elementary School, 2001 Northside Drive: pre-K to grade 5, 569 students (2024-25), a B in Florida's 2026 school grades. 850-767-1506.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: Bay District Schools, its 2026-27 academic calendar, start and end times and transportation page, the school’s website, Bay County’s school zone map, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

Northside Elementary School is a Bay District Schools elementary school on Northside Drive in north Panama City, inside the city limits. It has the largest elementary zone in the city: about 29% of the residential addresses inside the city limits fall in Northside’s zone on Bay County’s school zone maps.

Who to call

  • Front office: 850-767-1506, 2001 Northside Drive, Panama City, FL 32405
  • School website: bay.k12.fl.us/o/northside
  • Which school am I zoned for? School Choice and Zoning, 850-767-4328, or the district’s School Zone and Bus Route search
  • Pre-K and VPK: the district’s early learning line, 850-767-4201
  • Buses: district Transportation, 850-767-4495; the route manager line for Northside and nearby schools is 850-767-4489
Address 2001 Northside Drive, Panama City, FL 32405
Phone 850-767-1506
Grades Pre-K to 5
Principal Lora Frowert
2026 state grade B (58% of points)

Principal. Lora Frowert is the principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 569 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 36 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida gave Northside a B in its 2026 school grades, with 58% of the points possible, up from a C in 2025 and 2024, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The school’s state report card has results by student group; it is an interactive dashboard that could not be read for this page.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade B (58% of points)
Third grade English language arts achievement 64%
English language arts achievement 60%
English language arts learning gains 58%
English language arts gains, lowest 25% 71%
Math achievement 61%
Math learning gains 53%
Math gains, lowest 25% 35%
Science achievement 59%

Florida grades schools A to F on the share of possible points earned across these measures. Achievement is the share of tested students on grade level; learning gains is the share who improved from the year before. For an elementary school, A is 62% of points or more, B is 54% to 61% and C is 41% to 53%, the state’s file says.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Bay District Schools assigns schools by home address. We checked all 16,380 residential address points inside the city limits in Bay County’s address records against the county’s school zone maps. About 29% are zoned for Northside, including SweetBay and the central and eastern blocks of Lake Huntington.

Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list, and each level has its own zone map. Of the city addresses zoned for Northside, the maps place about 80% in the zones for Jinks Middle and Bay High, and about 20% in the zones for Mowat Middle and Mosley High in Lynn Haven. Confirm any address with the district’s School Zone and Bus Route search.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: Columbus Day, no school
  • Wednesday, Oct. 21: first-quarter report cards in the parent portal
  • Wednesday, Oct. 28: teacher planning day, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Monday, Dec. 21: winter break begins; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027

Bell times. Northside runs 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and elementary schools dismiss at 11:30 a.m. on early-release days, according to the district’s 2026-27 start and end times.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Northside Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade, according to the federal school directory. The school is at 2001 Northside Drive, and its main line is 850-767-1506.

What is Northside Elementary’s Florida school grade?

Northside earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 58% of possible points, up from a C in 2025.

Which middle and high school does Northside Elementary feed into?

Of the Panama City homes zoned for Northside on Bay County’s zone maps, about 80% are zoned for Jinks Middle and Bay High and about 20% for Mowat Middle and Mosley High.

What time does Northside Elementary start?

Northside runs 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the district’s 2026-27 schedule. On early-release days, elementary schools dismiss at 11:30 a.m.