Middle Schools in Bay Waveland School District

Summary:

The Bay St Louis Waveland School District in Mississippi has one middle school, Bay Waveland Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. This school district is ranked 7th out of 130 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating, indicating it provides a high-quality education for its students.

Bay Waveland Middle School is a standout performer, ranking 38th out of 266 middle schools in Mississippi for the 2024-2025 school year, placing it in the top 15% of middle schools statewide. The school has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 3 school years, and it outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, 57.4% of 6th graders were proficient in ELA compared to the state average of 46.7%.

While the school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, it has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12:1, which likely contributes to its academic success. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% in 2022-2023 is an area that could benefit from further investigation and targeted interventions to improve student attendance.

District Detail

200 N. Second St.
Bay St Louis, MS 39520-4513

(228) 467-6621

SchoolDigger Rank:
7^th of 130 Mississippi districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,664

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)			MAAP Mathematics (2025)			MAAP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	Total
Bay Waveland Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Pine St.	Bay Saint Louis	39520	Hancock County	Bay Waveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 463-0315	365	25	14.8		221 (60.5%)	89 (24.4%)	28 (7.7%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.0%)	81.9	38^th of 266 public middle schools	85.7%		83.5	33^rd of 264 public middle schools	87.5%	5	57.4	47.8	47.2	73.8	71.7	63.0	69.5	$15,807

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pass Christian School District	4.85 mi	4	5^th
Hancock School District	6.71 mi	7	14^th
Harrison County School District	8.28 mi	24	17^th
Long Beach School District	10.41 mi	5
Gulfport School District	14.6 mi	11	39^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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