North Bay Elementary

North Bay Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in BAY ST LOUIS, Mississippi, one of the schools within Bay Waveland School District, enrolls 348 students, covering grades 3 through 6. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Within Bay Waveland School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,664 students, North Bay Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Bay Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Bay Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting North Bay Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, Hancock County reports that median household income runs about $67,708, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Hancock County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,598 students), North Bay Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Bay Waveland Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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