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What's the one class at BAYOU VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
827
Middle
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULFPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280171000270
Bayou View Middle
212 43rd Street, Gulfport, MS 39507 · (228) 865-4633 · Harrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL827 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
825 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 | 291 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 70.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 Bayou View Middle
Bayou View Middle's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou View Middle this school | 827 | 99.8% | 65.4% |
| Warren Central Junior High VICKSBURG | 525 | 100.0% | 43.4% |
| Seminary Middle Seminary | 365 | 99.2% | 61.1% |
| Batesville Junior High School Batesville | 756 | 87.8% | 46.4% |
| South Pontotoc Middle School Pontotoc | 379 | 99.2% | 55.9% |
| Gulfport Central Middle Gulfport | 568 | 99.8% | 47.0% |
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 Bayou View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #31 of 176 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #38 of 181 ▼ 9 | #6 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #16 of 181 ▲ 5 | #5 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 827 | #20 of 186 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #107 of 163 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #20 of 164 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #51 of 184 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #33 of 34 | N/A |
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
827
-70 (-8%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 827 | 58.4 | 14.2:1 | 100% (825) |
| 2023-24 | 815 | 50.9 | 16.0:1 | 100% (812) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 56.7 | 14.6:1 | 100% (826) |
| 2020-21 | 897 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 100% (894) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 47.7 | 17.3:1 | 52% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 57% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 52 | 14.6:1 | 55% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 65% (520) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayou View Middle.
About Bayou View Middle
Bayou View Middle is a large middle-grades school serving families in Gulfport, Mississippi. The school's 827 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Mississippi average about 452 students each.
Bayou View Middle is in Gulfport School District, a district with 5,927 students across 9 schools.
The most common group at Bayou View Middle is White students, at 47%. Other groups include 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 62% White. Bayou View Middle's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 58.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.2:1. That matches the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi fairly closely. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Harrison County averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Bayou View Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Bayou View Middle beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 21.1 points (65.4% versus 44.2%), a top-10% result in Mississippi on BeatsExpectations.
Bayou View Middle is located in Harrison County, where the median household income is $59,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bayou View Middle, Harrison County has 54 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Bayou View Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Bayou View Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Bayou View Middle's average proficiency of 65.4% compares with 61.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Bayou View Middle had 897 students, to 2024-25, when it had 827. Students per teacher fell from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 14.2 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,891
Census ACS
Median income
$59,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
30,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gulfport School District
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Gulfport Central MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Anniston ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 482 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Bayou View Elementary0.5 mi · 638
- Pass Road Elementary0.9 mi · 377
- Harrison County Child Development Center1.2 mi · 77
- Gulfport High School1.3 mi · 1,702
- Central Elementary1.6 mi · 482
- Anniston Elementary2.4 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Bayou View MiddleHow many students attend Bayou View Middle?
Bayou View Middle enrolls approximately 827 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bayou View Middle serve?
Bayou View Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bayou View Middle?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Bayou View Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayou View Middle?
At Bayou View Middle, the student body is approximately 47% White, 13% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bayou View Middle in?
Bayou View Middle is part of Gulfport School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.