Enrollment
233
High
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050282000051
BAY HIGH SCHOOL
700 SCHOOL STREET, BAY, AR 72411 · (870) 781-3297 · Craighead County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Arkansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
114 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 55 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 12% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
24.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
30.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.5% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 20.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BAY HIGH SCHOOL
BAY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 233 | 48.9% | 23.4% |
| SPRING HILL HIGH SCHOOL HOPE | 273 | 49.8% | 37.0% |
| MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL MALVERN | 307 | 47.6% | 38.0% |
| VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL VALLEY SPRINGS | 219 | 45.2% | 55.5% |
| WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL RISON | 261 | 52.1% | 31.2% |
| CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL CONCORD | 173 | 50.3% | 35.8% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BAY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #192 of 272 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #72 of 132 ▲ 22 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #198 of 280 ▲ 52 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #221 of 310 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #139 of 245 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #190 of 246 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #205 of 273 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #57 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
233
-42 (-15%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 233 | 25.2 | 9.3:1 | 49% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 31.9 | 7.2:1 | 49% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 19.4 | 12.4:1 | 52% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 61% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 20.8 | 12.6:1 | 34% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 24 | 10.8:1 | 57% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 53% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 35% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 15 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
About BAY HIGH SCHOOL
Families in BAY, Arkansas, are served by BAY HIGH SCHOOL, a low-enrollment high school. It reported 233 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Arkansas have about 510 students on average; enrollment here is 54% lower.
The 2 schools in BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 550 students altogether, BAY HIGH SCHOOL among them.
White students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Black and 2% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 72%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at BAY HIGH SCHOOL is 9.3:1, based on 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Lunch program data show 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Craighead County is 67%.
BAY HIGH SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of Arkansas public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 23.4%, is 18.2 points below the 41.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Craighead County show that median household income comes to about $59,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 37, with about 20,332 students.
The closest school to BAY HIGH SCHOOL is BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. BAY HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. BAY HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 23.4% compares with 21.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, BAY HIGH SCHOOL is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 233, from 275 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.5:1 to 9.3:1 over the same years.
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Craighead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,249
Census ACS
Median income
$59,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
20,332 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Bay High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bay High. BAY HIGH SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 1,289 students
- Bay High SchoolBay Village, OH · 684 students
- Bay High SchoolBAY ST LOUIS, MS · 491 students
Nearby schools
- BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 317
- TRUMANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 477
- TRUMANN HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 515
- TRUMANN PREK AND PARENT CENTER5.6 mi · 97
- TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL5.8 mi · 418
- NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.4 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About BAY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 233 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does BAY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees BAY HIGH SCHOOL?
BAY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Craighead County.
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