BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH

BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is a close-knit 6-8 campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, part of BAYLESS. The school educates 385 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within BAYLESS, which oversees 3 schools and 1,805 students, BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% Asian, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to St. Louis County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 55.6%, a residual of +5.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BAYLESS SENIOR HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 385). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 4% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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