Bayside Elementary

Bayside Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Virginia Beach, Virginia, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools. The school caters to 546 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Bayside Elementary is one of 82 schools operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a district that caters to 64,731 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Bayside Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 23% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Virginia Beach city as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Bayside Elementary reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Bayside Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Virginia Beach city's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bayside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Virginia Beach city indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,968 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), of which Bayside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Shelton Park Elementary, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bayside Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.

Bayside Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bayside Elementary has edged up 6%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Bayside Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.