Enrollment
181
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280459000899
Bay Springs Middle School
510 Hwy 18 East, BAY SPRINGS, MS 39422 · (601) 425-8530 · Jasper County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
175 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 70 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 31% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bay Springs Middle School→Bay Springs High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Jasper School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 57.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
Schools most like Bay Springs Middle School
Bay Springs Middle School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Springs Middle School this school | 181 | 96.7% | 44.8% |
| Charleston Middle School CHARLESTON | 208 | 98.6% | 28.1% |
| Holly Springs Intermediate School HOLLY SPRINGS | 228 | 97.4% | 40.8% |
| Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School Magnolia | 236 | 98.7% | 45.0% |
| William Winans Middle School Centreville | 160 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| Kemper County Middle School DEKALB | 191 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Bay Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #104 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #91 of 181 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #126 of 181 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #171 of 186 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #84 of 184 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
181
-37 (-17%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 181 | 14.4 | 12.6:1 | 97% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 13.7 | 12.4:1 | 97% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 197 | 13.1 | 15.0:1 | 98% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 14 | 15.6:1 | 99% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 12.9 | 11.3:1 | 97% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 12 | 15.3:1 | 95% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 95% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 77% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 32 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay Springs Middle School.
About Bay Springs Middle School
Bay Springs Middle School is a public low-enrollment middle-grades school in BAY SPRINGS, Mississippi. It enrolls 181 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 60% below the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
The 4 schools of West Jasper School District, including Bay Springs Middle School, enroll 1,371 students.
The share of students at Bay Springs Middle School who are Black is 88%. Smaller groups are 6% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 52% of Jasper County residents are Black. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Bay Springs Middle School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 14.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.6:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 97%.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Bay Springs Middle School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Bay Springs Middle School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.8% actual, 45.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
In Jasper County, median household income comes to about $48,660, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 2,110 students.
Bay Springs Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Bay Springs Elementary School, its nearest public school. Bay Springs Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.3% on proficiency, and Bay Springs Middle School is below that at 44.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Bay Springs Middle School enrolled 218 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 181. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
The Bay Springs Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 High SchoolHigh · 241 students
Other schools in BAY SPRINGS
- Bay Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Bay Springs High SchoolHigh · 241 students
Other Bay Springs Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bay Springs Middle. Bay Springs Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bay Springs Middle SchoolVilla Rica, GA · 723 students
Nearby schools
- Bay Springs Elementary School0.0 mi · 370
- Bay Springs High School0.0 mi · 241
- 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 Middle SchoolHow large is Bay Springs Middle School?
Bay Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bay Springs Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bay Springs Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bay Springs Middle School have?
Bay Springs Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bay Springs Middle School?
Student demographics at Bay Springs Middle School are roughly 6% White, 2% Hispanic, 88% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bay Springs Middle School in?
Bay Springs Middle School is part of West Jasper School District.
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