BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary-level community in BAY, Arkansas, overseen by BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 317 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Within BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 550 students, BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest looks like 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Craighead County) records that median household income runs about $59,548, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Craighead County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), of which BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

BAY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 3%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.