BAY SCHOOL

Located at 118 GILMORE ST, in SANTA ROSA, Florida, BAY SCHOOL is a minimally staffed K-5 school that hosts 130 students (grade pre-K), overseen by WALTON. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 78% smaller than typical.

WALTON runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 12,069 students. BAY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BAY SCHOOL lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Walton County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Walton County put median household earnings sit near $81,986, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BAY SCHOOL is one of 26 public schools in Walton County (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students).

Nearest neighbor: EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around BAY SCHOOL.

The school occupies an outlying site.

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