Bay Springs Elementary School

Located at 510 HWY 18, in BAY SPRINGS, Mississippi, Bay Springs Elementary School is a small K-5 school that works with 370 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within West Jasper School District.

West Jasper School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,371 students. Bay Springs Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bay Springs Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). Beyond that, the school records 8% White, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bay Springs Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Bay Springs Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Bay Springs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 56.7%.

Around the school, census data for Jasper County shows median household earnings sit near $48,660, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bay Springs Elementary School is one of 7 public schools in Jasper County (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students).

The closest other public school is Bay Springs Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bay Springs Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Bay Springs Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 370).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.