Bay Springs High School

510 Hwy 18, Bay Springs, MS 39422 | (601) 764-4151

Grades: 9-12
Student Enrollment: 264

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5 out of 5 | 3 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 264 high school students from grades 9-12
Ranks 168th out of 242 high schools in MS.

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: P. O. Box 389, Bay Springs, MS 39422

School District Details

West Jasper Consolidated Schools District
Per-Pupil Spending: $7,752
Graduation Rate: 61.7%
Dropout Rate: 4.0%
Students Per Teacher: 15.7
Enrolled Students: 1,590

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 264
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 18.5
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 14.3

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 127 (48.1%)
Females: 137 (51.9%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 27 (10.2%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 221 (83.7%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 248 (93.9%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Bay Springs High School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	-	-
Black	254	96.2%
Asian	-	-
Hispanic	-	-
White	10	3.8%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
9th Grade	61	23.1%
10th Grade	63	23.9%
11th Grade	60	22.7%
12th Grade	70	26.5%
Ungraded	10	3.8%

Faculty Educational Background (2006-07)

Teachers with a Bachelor's Degree: 67%
Teachers with a Master's Degree or Higher:33%

Faculty Salary and Experience (2006-2007)

Average Teaching Experience: 9 Years
Average Salary: $36,189

Teacher Experience by Number of Years

Bay Springs High School Teacher Experience in Years

	Salary	Percent
1-5 Years of Teaching Experience	$31,190	47%
More Than 5 Years of Teaching Experience	$40,564	53%

Source: MS Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 5

5 out of 5 | 3 Reviews

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3 reviews for Bay Springs High School

Reviewed by Student on April 07, 2010
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This is a very great school.. I know it's not the same as it was in the 90s but i still love them BAY SPRINGS BULLDOGS! I hope God just lift my school off its feets.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on November 29, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I attended BSHS in the 90s, and obviously my rating steams from a very different time period. Since my time at BSHS, I have traveled across the globe experiencing many different cultures; achieved my childhood dream of becoming a Scientist, exploring and developing new technology that could potentially solve tomorrow’s health or energy crisis. Often, after my motivation lectures to high school students, people ask “what were the key factors that attributed to your career success.” I am quick to answer that my family’s constant encouragement, community involvement, and the high quality education that I received from BSHS. Nowadays, I see so many young students leaving high school without the proper preparation for the challenges that they will face in life as they work towards accomplishing their childhood dreams. Thus, it saddens me to see that BSHS has fallen so far from the status of what I once experienced as a high school student. What has happened? Many would like to blame the teachers for this unfortunate turn of events, but is it really their fault? Remember, teachers only influence students for minutes out of a day for 180 or so days, but the family and community has a greater impact on students since that influence exist everyday during the year (i.e., 365 days yearly). So, we ask, what can we do to solve this problem? Unfortunately, there is no direct solution to this problem. I think back to when I was young student, and I now ask myself the same question as others have done, “what were the factors that keep me striving to be successful?” The answer that I arrived at has already been stated above, but it is much more than the mere obvious. What do I mean by that? I am simply saying that during my time, the community and the schools worked together to provide structured, meaningful activities both during and after school hours. I can remember as a high school student attending a program offered by Jasper County Bank (now Magnolia State Bank) geared towards teaching young students about money management, playing on the neighborhood baseball team during the )summers, which taught me about teamwork, and many others. Today it seems that schools and communities have become extremely divided and quick to point the figure to place the blame for a failing system. In my opinion, once we bridge the gap that has developed between the schools and communities, we will start to see more of our students functioning well in tomorrow’s world. Now, I am not letting the families off the hook as to their part in this unfortunate turn of events. However, once we have bridged that gap, I think you will see that family values will also start to be repaired, which will only aid in the effort to change the direction of our youth to a more successful one. I will end here because I could go on for days about the current status of our high schools. I will just say that if the education that I received back in the 90s could take me such a long way, then surely students receiving a BSHS education in today times of much advancement should be able to accomplish their childhood dreams and more.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on November 28, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I attended BSHS in the 90s, and obviously my rating steams from a very different time period. Since my time at BSHS, I have traveled across the globe experiencing many different cultures; achieved my childhood dream of becoming a Scientist, exploring and developing new technology that could potentially solve tomorrow’s health or energy crisis. Often, after my motivation lectures to high school students, people ask “what were the key factors that attributed to your career success.” I am quick to answer that my family’s constant encouragement, community involvement, and the high quality education that I received from BSHS. Nowadays, I see so many young students leaving high school not quite prepared for the challenges that they will face in life as they work towards accomplishing their childhood dreams. Thus, it saddens me to see that BSHS has fallen so far from the status of what I once experienced as a high school student. What has happened? Many would like to blame the teachers for this unfortunate turn of events, but is it really their fault? Remember, teachers only influence students for minutes out of a day for 180 or so days, but the family and community has a greater impact on students since that influence exist everyday during the year (i.e., 365 days yearly). So, we ask, what can we do to solve this problem? Unfortunately, there is no direct solution to this problem. I think back to when I was young student, and I now ask myself the same question as others have done, “what were the factors that keep me striving to be successful?” The answer that I arrive at has already been stated above, but it is much more than the mere obvious. What do I mean by that? I am simply saying that during my time, the community and the schools worked together to provide structured meaningful activities both during and after school hours. I can remember as a high school student attending a program offered by Jasper County Bank (now Magnolia State Bank) geared towards teaching young students about money management, playing on the neighborhood baseball team during the summers, which taught me about teamwork, and many others. Today it seems that schools and communities have become extremely divided and quick to point the figure to place the blame for a failing system. In my opinion, once we bridge the gap that has developed between the schools and communities, we will start to see more of our students functioning well in tomorrow’s world. Now, I am not letting the families off the hook as to their part in this unfortunate turn of events. However, once we have bridge that gap, I think you will see that family values will also start to be repaired, which will only aid in the effort to change the direction of our youth to a more successful one. I will end here because I could go on for days about the current status of our high school. I will just say that if the education that I received back in the 90s could take me such a long way, then surely students receiving a BSHS education in today times of much advancement should be able to accomplish their childhood dreams and more.

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