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How has Bay High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
684
High
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY VILLAGE CITY·NCES 390435400115
Bay High School
29230 Wolf Rd, Bay Village, OH 44140 · (440) 617-7400 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Ohio public high 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.
- BThree-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 Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
50 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 152 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 176 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 190 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 166 | 24% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bay Village City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
92.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.9pp since 2021
Math
86.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.1% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 87.5% |
| 2022-23 | 87.7% | 83.1% |
| 2021-22 | 86.2% | 81.0% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
91.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
86.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 High School
Bay High School's state test result (91.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay High School this school | 684 | 7.3% | 91.2% |
| Chagrin Falls High School Chagrin Falls | 575 | 10.3% | 96.7% |
| West Geauga High School Chesterland | 641 | 14.8% | 93.5% |
| Granville High School Granville | 845 | 12.9% | 90.2% |
| Highland High School Medina | 989 | 10.9% | 87.7% |
| Kenston High School Chagrin Falls | 970 | 12.7% | 86.4% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #14 of 403 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #25 of 776 ▼ 7 | #3 of 71 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.1% | #14 of 774 ▲ 49 | #3 of 71 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #281 of 742 | #42 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #264 of 888 | #21 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #115 of 739 | #7 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.0% | #487 of 749 | #57 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.3% | #432 of 435 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #166 of 484 | #21 of 42 |
Ranked against other public high 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
684
-128 (-16%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 684 | 52 | 13.2:1 | 7% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 49.3 | 15.9:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 50 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 52.1 | 15.6:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 9% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 795 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 10% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 54 | 14.3:1 | 4% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 834 | 57 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (810 to 684); teachers unchanged (52.1 to 52).
About Bay High School
Bay High School is a mid-sized high school located in Bay Village, Ohio. The school has 684 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Ohio average about 565 students, which makes this school 21% larger than average.
Bay High School is a school in Bay Village City. The district has 5 schools and 2,331 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Bay High School are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 58% of Cuyahoga County residents are White. The diversity index for Bay High School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.2 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Ohio, 17.7:1, is higher. Bay High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 7%. Among public schools in Cuyahoga County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bay High School lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Ohio public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bay High School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 91.2% actual against 86.0% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cuyahoga County show that median household income comes to about $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cuyahoga County counts 352 public schools with about 155,924 students.
Bay High School's nearest public school is Glenview Center for Childcare and Learning (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bay High School. By average proficiency, Bay High School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
NCES assigns Bay High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 684, compared with 812 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.2 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Bay High School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bay Village City
- Bay Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Normandy Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Westerly Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Glenview Center for Childcare and LearningElementary · 58 students
Other schools in Bay Village
- Bay Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Normandy Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Westerly Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Glenview Center for Childcare and LearningElementary · 58 students
Other Bay High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bay High. Bay High School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 1,289 students
- Bay High SchoolBAY ST LOUIS, MS · 491 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLBAY, AR · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Glenview Center for Childcare and Learning0.4 mi · 58
- Westerly Elementary School0.6 mi · 374
- Bay Middle School0.9 mi · 738
- Normandy Elementary School1.3 mi · 477
- Westlake Academy1.9 mi · 49
- Westlake High School1.9 mi · 989
Frequently asked questions
About Bay High SchoolHow large is Bay High School?
Bay High School enrolls approximately 684 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bay High School serve?
Bay High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bay High School have?
Bay High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bay High School?
At Bay High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bay High School public or private?
Bay High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bay Village City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.