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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BAYSIDE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
628
Middle
DISTRICT 998 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001676
Bayside Middle
965 Newtown Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 · (757) 648-4400 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Virginia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
605 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
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 | 4 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 297 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 327 | 52% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 Bayside Middle
Bayside Middle's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside Middle this school | 628 | 96.3% | 63.4% |
| Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle Roanoke | 540 | 97.2% | 36.3% |
| Sandusky Middle Lynchburg | 583 | 96.9% | 45.5% |
| Homer L. Hines Middle Newport News | 846 | 97.3% | 58.1% |
| Elko Middle Sandston | 695 | 89.2% | 49.8% |
| Mary Passage Middle Newport News | 931 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Bayside Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #219 of 337 | #15 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #228 of 342 ▼ 5 | #15 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #204 of 342 ▲ 20 | #14 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #203 of 343 | #14 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #25 of 327 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #138 of 333 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #61 of 340 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #116 of 224 | #10 of 13 |
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
628
-168 (-21%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,497
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 628 | 61 | 10.3:1 | 96% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 57.8 | 12.2:1 | 94% (663) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 66.8 | 10.5:1 | 92% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 65 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 53.8 | 12.9:1 | 69% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 67% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 1,008 | 58 | 17.4:1 | 61% (610) |
| 2000-01 | 1,422 | 110 | 12.9:1 | 52% (736) |
| 1990-91 | 1,497 | 82 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayside Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (695 to 628); teachers up 13% (53.8 to 61).
About Bayside Middle
Bayside Middle is a small middle school with its address in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A federal count lists 628 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
Bayside Middle belongs to Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a district of 82 schools and 64,731 students.
At 54%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Bayside Middle combined. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 16% White, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Virginia Beach city residents are about 19% Black. Bayside Middle has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Bayside Middle, 61 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1. Roughly 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 49% average among public schools in Virginia Beach city.
Bayside Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Virginia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Bayside Middle are 1.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (63.4% actual, 61.9% predicted).
Within Virginia Beach city, median household income is about $92,968, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Virginia Beach city number 89 and enroll about 64,731.
The next-closest public school is Diamond Springs Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bayside Middle. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Bayside Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bayside Middle had 796 students in 2020-21 and 628 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.3:1 to 10.3:1.
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Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other Bayside Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bayside Middle. Bayside Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Bayside MiddleMilwaukee, WI · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Diamond Springs Elementary0.3 mi · 467
- Williams Elementary0.3 mi · 443
- Newtown Elementary0.4 mi · 409
- Bayside High0.5 mi · 1,984
- Luxford Elementary1.0 mi · 476
- Bayside 6th Grade Campus1.3 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Bayside MiddleHow many students attend Bayside Middle?
Bayside Middle enrolls approximately 628 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bayside Middle serve?
Bayside Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bayside Middle have?
Bayside Middle employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayside Middle?
At Bayside Middle, the student body is approximately 16% White, 17% Hispanic, 54% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Bayside Middle public or private?
Bayside Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.