Bay View Elementary

Bay View Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in North East, Maryland. It reported 506 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.

Cecil County Public Schools counts 14,853 students in its 28 schools, and Bay View Elementary is one of them.

More than half of enrollment at Bay View Elementary is White: 63%. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 10% Black. Cecil County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bay View Elementary scores 56%.

With 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 2.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 63% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cecil County average 51%.

Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Bay View Elementary's results are 10.1 points below predicted: 27.0% against 37.1%.

Looking at the county, Cecil County, the median household earns about $92,007 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Cecil County has 29 public schools with about 14,853 students, including Bay View Elementary.

A public school about 2.8 miles away, North East Middle, is the closest to Bay View Elementary. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Bay View Elementary. On proficiency, Bay View Elementary is behind the 41.0% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.

The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).

Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 92 students, from 414 to 506. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.9:1.

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