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Bay Springs Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
510 Hwy 18 East
Bay Springs, MS 39422
Phone
(601) 425-8530
District
WEST JASPER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
County
JASPER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
170
Classroom Teachers
14

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

6

(10 is best)

Better than 53.8% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Bay Springs Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
65%
64%
50%
59%
80%
70%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 51 30.0%
Grade 7 60 35.3%
Grade 8 54 31.8%
Total 170 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 8.6% 38.3% 44.4%
Black 89.6% 59.6% 48.5%
Hispanic 1.8% 1.7% 5.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.3% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 97.1% 84.7% 73.9%
Free lunch eligible 91.2% 75.3% 67.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.9% 9.4% 6.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,084 2,939,690
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 26.3 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.9% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.3% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 21.1% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,409 1,131,760
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 10.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.7% 86.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.7% 24.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.2% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.1% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.5% 17.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.1% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 12.3% 13.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,028 $8,409,000 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $624 $870,000 5.3%
Staff $428 $597,000 3.7%
General Administration $576 $803,000 4.9%
School Administration $504 $703,000 4.3%
Operation $1,158 $1,615,000 9.9%
Transportation $663 $925,000 5.7%
Other $361 $504,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,313 $6,017,000 36.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,350 $1,883,000 11.5%
Total Expenditures $11,691 $16,309,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,259 $2,744,497,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $631 $276,759,000 5.0%
Staff $536 $235,007,000 4.3%
General Administration $374 $164,183,000 3.0%
School Administration $636 $278,872,000 5.1%
Operation $1,134 $497,098,000 9.0%
Transportation $515 $226,042,000 4.1%
Other $354 $155,392,000 2.8%
Total Support $4,181 $1,833,353,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,150 $942,667,000 17.1%
Total Expenditures $12,589 $5,520,517,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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