Bayless Junior High

Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · St Louis, Missouri

Bayless Junior High in St Louis, Missouri enrolled 385 students in 2024-25 with 25.2 full-time teachers, 15.3 students per teacher against the Missouri middle-school median of 13.0. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 44% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 45% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Missouri: 43.2% and 40.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 8% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady

418 students in 2022-23, 408 students in 2023-24, 385 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 25.0 to 25.2.

Students enrolled at Bayless Junior High by school year2022-23: 418, 2023-24: 408, 2024-25: 38502004006002022-234182023-244082024-25385
Students enrolled at Bayless Junior High by school year2022-23: 418, 2023-24: 408, 2024-25: 38502004006002022-234182023-244082024-25385
Students enrolled at Bayless Junior High by school year2022-23: 418, 2023-24: 408, 2024-25: 38502004006002022-234182023-244082024-25385
Students enrolled at Bayless Junior High by school year2022-23: 418, 2023-24: 408, 2024-25: 38502004006002022-234182023-244082024-25385
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2341825.016.7
2023-2440824.716.5
2024-2538525.215.3

15.3 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 88 of every 100 Missouri middle schools

Among the 389 Missouri middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.0; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Missouri middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 4.4 to 20.0; Bayless Junior High 15.3; state median 13.0.2.557.51012.51517.520students per full-time teacherBayless Junior High 15.3state median 13.0U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Missouri middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 4.4 to 20.0; Bayless Junior High 15.3; state median 13.0.2.557.51012.51517.520students per full-time teacherBayless Junior High 15.3state median 13.0U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Missouri middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 4.4 to 20.0; Bayless Junior High 15.3; state median 13.0.2.57.512.517.520students per full-time teacherBayless Junior High 15.3state median 13.0U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Missouri middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 4.4 to 20.0; Bayless Junior High 15.3; state median 13.0.2.57.512.517.520students per full-time teacherBayless Junior High 15.3state median 13.0U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 199 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Bayless Junior High enrolled 397 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 49 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 199 of the 397 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions49
  • Chronically absent15.8% (2022-23)

Who attends

62.1% of students were White, 13.2% Asian, 10.1% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White62.1%
  2. Asian13.2%
  3. Black10.1%
  4. Hispanic8.3%
  5. Two or more races6.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Bayless Junior High scored proficient or above: 44% in reading in 2021-22 and 45% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Missouri, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtMissouri
Reading and language arts, 2021-2244%47%43.2%
Math, 2022-2345%46% (2021-22)40.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in St Louis

21 public middle schools in St Louis report 2024-25 enrollment.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Ladue Middle1,05313.68.3%
Hixson Middle98214.111.5%
Robert H. Sperreng Middle94115.414.8%
Ritenour Middle73715.2100.0%
Oakville Middle62914.513.4%
R. G. Central Middle57813.963.8%
Bernard Middle57713.319.6%
Rogers Middle55513.636.4%

All public schools in St Louis →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Bayless Junior High

  1. Rogers MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 1.7 miles away: 555 students, 13.6 per teacher (2024-25).1.7 mi
  2. Busch Ms Character AthleticsThe next nearest public middle school, 1.8 miles away: 361 students, 13.9 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
  3. Compare Bayless Junior High with Rogers MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Bayless School District spends per student$11,222 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,222
  5. The largest public schools in MissouriBayless Junior High is the number 218 by size of 390 Missouri middle schools open in 2024-25.#218 of 390
  6. Missouri schools by students per teacher15.3 students per teacher here against the Missouri median of 13.0 for middle schools.15.3:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Bayless Junior High

  1. How many students attend Bayless Junior High?
    385 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 418 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in St Louis, MO.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Bayless Junior High?
    15.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Missouri median for middle schools is 13.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Bayless Junior High a Title I school?
    Bayless Junior High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. How do students at Bayless Junior High do on state tests?
    The students tested at Bayless Junior High scored proficient or above: 44% in reading in 2021-22 and 45% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Missouri's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Bayless Junior High in?
    Bayless School District, NCES district ID 2904500. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 290450000715 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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