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Enrollment
385
Middle
DISTRICT 602 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYLESS·NCES 290450000715
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH
4530 WEBER RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63123 · (314) 256-8690 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Missouri public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
232 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 54%
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 | 121 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 52% · 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
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH→BAYLESS SENIOR HIGH
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Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.0pp since 2021
Math
54.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +14.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 31.0% | 36.4% | 12.3% |
| Math | 27.3% | 27.0% | 26.8% | 18.7% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 45.7% | 48.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.1% | 39.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH this school | 385 | 60.3% | 45.7% |
| MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 549 | 51.9% | 41.2% |
| NORTHGATE MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 689 | 66.6% | 38.3% |
| ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOL COLUMBIA | 736 | 31.7% | 50.6% |
| SMITHTON MIDDLE COLUMBIA | 605 | 29.3% | 48.4% |
| Platte Purchase Middle School KANSAS CITY | 368 | 35.6% | 47.7% |
Matched among Missouri 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 BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #134 of 379 | #26 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #93 of 380 ▲ 19 | #21 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #85 of 380 ▲ 105 | #23 of 51 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #32 of 364 | #9 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #219 of 397 | #39 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #277 of 321 | #36 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #61 of 321 | #12 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #122 of 379 | #21 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #189 of 224 | #27 of 33 |
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
385
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+58% since 2000-01, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 385 | 25.2 | 15.3:1 | 60% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 24.7 | 16.5:1 | 60% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 54% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 22.7 | 17.6:1 | 65% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 20 | 17.0:1 | 57% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | 53% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 15 | 16.2:1 | 32% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (399 to 385); teachers up 11% (22.7 to 25.2).
About BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in ST LOUIS, Missouri. It serves 385 students in grades 6 through 8.
BAYLESS (3 schools, 1,805 students) runs BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH.
Roughly 62% of students at BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH are White. Enrollment also includes 13% Asian, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 62% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.3:1, with 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 60%. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County, the school's rate is higher.
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Missouri public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is 37.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.7%.
In St. Louis County (population about 995,569), the median household income is $82,936, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is one of 275 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to BAYLESS SENIOR HIGH. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (394) to 2024-25 (385). Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.4:1 to 15.3:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BAYLESS
- BAYLESS ELEMENTARYElementary · 858 students
- BAYLESS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 562 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- BAYLESS SENIOR HIGH0.1 mi · 562
- BAYLESS ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 858
- AFFTON HIGH1.4 mi · 761
- BIERBAUM ELEM.1.6 mi · 531
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE1.7 mi · 402
- ROGERS MIDDLE1.7 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGHHow many students attend BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH?
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 385 students in grades 06-08.
Is BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH have?
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH?
Student demographics at BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH are roughly 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH public or private?
BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by BAYLESS.
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