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Bay Springs Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
168th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 266 Mississippi Middle Schools
Better than 37% of Mississippi middle schools
Summary

Bay Springs Middle School is a public middle school in Bay Springs, Mississippi, serving 170 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the West Jasper Consolidated Schools district, which is ranked 41 out of 130 school districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Bay Springs Middle School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, the school faces several challenges. It has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.7% to 23.9%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently lower than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in ELA ranged from 25.7% to 36%, compared to the state average of 37.3% to 46.7%. The school also has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 97.06% to 98.53% over the past few years.

Interestingly, the closest comparable school to Bay Springs Middle School is Heidelberg Junior High School, which is located approximately 17.84 miles away and is part of the East Jasper Consolidated School District. Heidelberg Junior High School has similar demographic characteristics, with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (100%) and relatively low test scores compared to the state average. The performance of Bay Springs Middle School has also declined over the past several years, with the school's statewide ranking dropping from 150 out of 257 in the 2020-2021 school year to 168 out of 266 in the 2024-2025 school year.

181
Students ?
12.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,528
Per pupil spending ?
96.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 510 Hwy 18 East
       Bay Springs, MS  39422

(601) 425-8530

District: West Jasper School District


Students who attend Bay Springs Middle School usually attend:

High:    Bay Springs High School

Feeder schools for Bay Springs Middle School:

Elementary:    Bay Springs Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
87.8%
White:
6.1%
Two or more races:
3.9%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 26th percentile in 2015 → 37th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (39% vs 48% meeting standards)
!English Language Arts scores 13 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school39%
District avg47%
Mississippi avg48%
168th of 266
Mississippi public middle schools ?
Bottom 37%▲ up 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 26% (2015) to bottom 37% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
41st of 130West Jasper School District among Mississippi districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
202539.6168 of 26636.8%★★☆☆☆
202447.1141 of 26446.6%★★☆☆☆
202334.0154 of 24336.6%★★☆☆☆
202228.3180 of 25730.0%★★☆☆☆
202141.3150 of 25741.6%★★☆☆☆
201927.3192 of 26427.3%★☆☆☆☆
201831.7174 of 25231.0%★★☆☆☆
201734.8174 of 27236.0%★★☆☆☆
201634.1171 of 26034.2%★★☆☆☆
201527.0197 of 26625.9%★☆☆☆☆
201453.9121 of 26454.2%★★★☆☆
201326.4209 of 26922.3%★☆☆☆☆
201230.4196 of 27027.4%★☆☆☆☆
201127.4218 of 26417.4%★☆☆☆☆
201020.3220 of 25513.7%★☆☆☆☆
200912.7222 of 24710.1%★☆☆☆☆
200817.3210 of 24413.9%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?
Science50%-5 vs state
Mathematics47%-5 vs state
English Language Arts29%-13 vs state

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Bay Springs Middle School ranks 168th of 266 Mississippi middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 181 students attended Bay Springs Middle School.

Students at Bay Springs Middle School are 88% African American, 6% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

Students who attend Bay Springs Middle School usually go on to attend Bay Springs High School


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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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