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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010906
Bayless Elementary School
2115 58TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79412 · (806) 219-5000 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
446 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +51.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 51 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 35.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 40.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Elementary School
Bayless Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayless Elementary School this school | 469 | 95.1% | 43.8% |
| Alta Vista Elementary School WACO | 479 | 90.4% | 18.9% |
| Marilyn Miller Language Academy FORT WORTH | 509 | 91.2% | 10.8% |
| Crockett Elementary School BRYAN | 442 | 89.8% | 46.8% |
| Spring Meadows Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 409 | 91.7% | 27.8% |
| Brown Elementary School LUBBOCK | 409 | 95.8% | 37.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #2,105 of 4,401 | #26 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,776 of 4,466 ▲ 376 | #21 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,412 of 4,466 ▲ 201 | #25 of 52 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,838 of 4,938 | #26 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,140 of 4,622 | #30 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #2,555 of 4,628 | #37 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #491 of 4,789 | #6 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #1,018 of 2,838 | #12 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
469
-69 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 469 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 95% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 93% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 36.1 | 14.4:1 | 94% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 95% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 42.3 | 14.2:1 | 91% (544) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 87% (619) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 89% (587) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayless Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (601 to 469); teachers down 24% (42.3 to 32).
About Bayless Elementary School
Bayless Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in LUBBOCK, Texas. The school had 469 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
LUBBOCK ISD, which runs Bayless Elementary School, has 49 schools and 24,237 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Bayless Elementary School, with 69% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 36% share among Lubbock County residents. Bayless Elementary School's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1 at Bayless Elementary School, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 95%. Across public schools in Lubbock County, the average is 57%.
Bayless Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bayless Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.8%; the prediction is 33.1%.
Lubbock County has these Census figures: the median household income is $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lubbock County is home to 110 public schools and about 52,301 public school students.
The school nearest to Bayless Elementary School is Atkins Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.7%; Bayless Elementary School's is 43.8%, ranking 1st of 5.
Bayless Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 538.
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Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Bayless Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bayless Elementary. Bayless Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- BAYLESS ELEMENTARYST LOUIS, MO · 858 students
Nearby schools
- Atkins Middle School0.2 mi · 433
- Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft0.6 mi · 19
- Premier H S - Lubbock (briercroft)0.6 mi · 140
- Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock0.6 mi · 155
- Hodges Elementary School0.8 mi · 292
- Parsons Elementary School0.8 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Bayless Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bayless Elementary School?
Bayless Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bayless Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bayless Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bayless Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Bayless Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayless Elementary School?
At Bayless Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 69% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bayless Elementary School public or private?
Bayless Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LUBBOCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.