Oscar Patterson Academy, 1025 Redwood Ave.: a pre-K to grade 5 school, 394 students (2024-25), a D in Florida's 2026 school grades. 850-767-1610.

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.

Oscar Patterson Academy is a Bay District Schools elementary school on Redwood Avenue in Glenwood, inside the Panama City limits. Home of the Rockets, its zone covers about 15% of the residential addresses inside the city limits on Bay County’s school zone maps, including Glenwood and the north and east blocks of Downtown North.

Who to call

  • Front office: 850-767-1610, 1025 Redwood Ave., Panama City, FL 32401
  • School website: bay.k12.fl.us/o/patterson
  • 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 Patterson and nearby schools is 850-767-4489
Address 1025 Redwood Ave., Panama City, FL 32401
Phone 850-767-1610
Grades Pre-K to 5 (2025-26 federal directory)
Principal Charlotte Blue
2026 state grade D (36% of points)
Mascot Rockets

Principal. Charlotte Blue is the principal, according to the school’s website.

Grades. The federal directory’s 2025-26 listing shows pre-K through fifth grade; the 2023-24 federal file listed pre-K through third. Call the school to confirm which grades it serves this year.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 394 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 26 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 15 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida gave Oscar Patterson Academy a D in its 2026 school grades, with 36% of the points possible, after a B in 2025 and an F in 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 D (36% of points)
Third grade English language arts achievement 32%
English language arts achievement 33%
English language arts learning gains 41%
Math achievement 29%
Math learning gains 43%
Science achievement 41%

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, where the school appears as Oscar Patterson Elementary. About 15% are zoned for it.

Feeder schools. The district does not publish a feeder list, and each level has its own zone map. Of the city addresses zoned for Oscar Patterson, the maps place 87% in the Jinks Middle zone and 13% in the Mowat Middle zone; all of them are zoned for Bay High. 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. Oscar Patterson Academy 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 Oscar Patterson Academy serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade, according to the federal directory for 2025-26. Earlier federal records listed it as pre-K through third grade, so check with the school at 850-767-1610.

What is Oscar Patterson Academy’s Florida school grade?

Oscar Patterson earned a D in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 36% of possible points, after a B in 2025 and an F in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Oscar Patterson Academy feed into?

Of the Panama City homes zoned for Oscar Patterson on Bay County’s zone maps, 87% are zoned for Jinks Middle and 13% for Mowat Middle; all are zoned for Bay High.

What time does Oscar Patterson Academy start?

The school 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.