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What's the one class at BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,122
High
DISTRICT 1,159 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015003293
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
1901 DEGROODT RD SW, PALM BAY, FL 32908 · (321) 956-5000 · Brevard County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,122 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
1,012 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 9 | 542 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 643 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 499 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 438 | 21% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 19.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,122 | 47.7% | 45.6% |
| ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCKLEDGE | 1,579 | 48.2% | 43.4% |
| VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 2,645 | 52.5% | 55.3% |
| ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 1,656 | 45.8% | 33.5% |
| GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH LAKELAND | 2,469 | 47.0% | 52.5% |
| LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG | 1,724 | 47.7% | 33.0% |
Matched among Florida 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 BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #396 of 555 | #11 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #475 of 549 ▲ 6 | #10 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #336 of 559 ▼ 37 | #12 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,122 | #147 of 830 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #302 of 575 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #79 of 594 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #267 of 630 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.5% | #61 of 246 | #1 of 6 |
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
2,122
+554 (+35%) vs 2020
+24% since 2000-01, when it was 1,716
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 2,122 | 95 | 22.3:1 | 48% (1,012) |
| 2023-24 | 2,040 | 93 | 21.9:1 | 51% (1,039) |
| 2022-23 | 1,854 | 81 | 22.9:1 | 51% (948) |
| 2020-21 | 1,568 | 75 | 20.9:1 | 55% (870) |
| 2017-18 | 1,718 | 82 | 20.9:1 | 45% (778) |
| 2015-16 | 1,687 | 83 | 20.3:1 | 51% (858) |
| 2010-11 | 1,930 | 104 | 18.6:1 | 43% (821) |
| 2000-01 | 1,716 | 79 | 21.7:1 | 22% (376) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
About BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a public large high school in PALM BAY, Florida. It had 2,122 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
BREVARD is responsible for 109 schools, BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL included, with 73,587 students in all.
Of every 100 students at BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, about 46 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Brevard County is about 73% White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
For every teacher at BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 22.3 students; the school has 95 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Florida, 23.5:1, is higher. There are 1,012 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment.
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.6% is 11.7 points below the 57.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Brevard County show that the median household earns about $78,476 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Brevard County, 113 public schools serve about 73,587 students.
Among nearby public schools, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 554 students, from 1,568 to 2,122. Federal data show the ratio rising from 20.9:1 to 22.3:1.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
- VIERA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,532 students
Other schools in PALM BAY
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 907 students
Other Bayside High schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bayside High. BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 139 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLBAYSIDE, NY · 3,004 students
- Bayside HighVirginia Beach, VA · 1,984 students
Nearby schools
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 984
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,917
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 576
- ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY2.7 mi · 462
- JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 600
- JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,122 students in grades 09-12.
Is BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 46% White, 21% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BREVARD in Brevard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.