Enrollment
241
High
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280459000857
Bay Springs High School
510 HWY 18, BAY SPRINGS, MS 39422 · (601) 425-8510 · Jasper County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
227 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 80%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 West Jasper School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2023-24 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +20.2pp since 2022
Math
48.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +25.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Source: MAAP. 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
241
-5 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.2:1
% White
7%
was 7%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
90%
was 92%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bay Springs High School
Bay Springs High School is one of the very small secondary schools in BAY SPRINGS, Mississippi, operated by West Jasper School District, with 241 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 651 students per school, that is 63% below typical.
West Jasper School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,371 students; Bay Springs High School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Bay Springs High School logs that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 7% White, 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.
On the income-and-resources front, Bay Springs High School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Bay Springs High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 52.7%, a residual of +2.8 points.
In the area at large, census data for Jasper County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,660 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Bay Springs High School is one of 7 public schools in Jasper County (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students).
Nearest neighbor: Bay Springs Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bay Springs High School. On composite proficiency, Bay Springs High School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.
Bay Springs High School operates from a countryside location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 246 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,059
Census ACS
Median income
$48,660
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Jasper School District
- Stringer Attendance CenterCombined · 579 students
- Bay Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Bay Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 181 students
Other schools in BAY SPRINGS
- Bay Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Bay Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Bay Springs Middle School0.0 mi · 181
- Bay Springs Elementary School0.0 mi · 370
- Stringer Attendance Center7.4 mi · 579
- Taylorsville Attendance Center13.2 mi · 572
- Raleigh High School14.1 mi · 486
- Raleigh Elementary School15.0 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Bay Springs High SchoolHow large is Bay Springs High School?
Bay Springs High School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bay Springs High School serve?
Bay Springs High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bay Springs High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bay Springs High School is approximately 11.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bay Springs High School?
Student demographics at Bay Springs High School are roughly 7% White, 2% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bay Springs High School?
Bay Springs High School is overseen by West Jasper School District in Jasper County.
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