Bayside Middle

Summary:

Bayside Middle is a public middle school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, serving around 700 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district, which is ranked 27 out of 130 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Bayside Middle stands out for its significantly higher percentage of African American students (54.86%) compared to the surrounding schools, which range from 16.53% to 40.45%. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 92.14% in the 2022-2023 school year, much higher than the nearby schools (38.08% to 60.09%). However, Bayside Middle has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.4, lower than the surrounding schools (14.8 to 16.2), and spends significantly more per student ($14,177 in 2020-2021) compared to the nearby schools ($10,485 to $12,130 per student).

Academically, Bayside Middle's performance, as measured by SOL (Standards of Learning) test scores, is generally lower than the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district and the state of Virginia averages. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics (7th and 8th grade) and Science (8th grade) were significantly below the district and state averages. In contrast, nearby schools like Old Donation School, a public magnet school, consistently outperform Bayside Middle and the district/state averages on SOL tests.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 965 Newtown Rd
       Virginia Beach, VA  23462


(757) 648-4400

District: Virginia Beach City Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
308th of 417 Virginia Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,177 Help


Students who attend Bayside Middle usually attend:

High:    Bayside High

Feeder schools for Bayside Middle:

Elementary:    Bayside Elementary
    Diamond Springs Elementary
    Luxford Elementary
    Newtown Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  12.1 Help
Number of students:  702

Racial breakdown:

African American:
57.7%
Hispanic:
16.0%
White:
12.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.4% Help


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Compare Details Bayside Middle ranks worse than 73.9% of middle schools in Virginia. It also ranks last among 14 ranked middle schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.77. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Bayside Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (57.7%), Hispanic (16%), White (12.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bayside Middle is 12.1, which is the 3rd best among 14 middle schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bayside Middle is $14,177, which is the 2nd highest among 14 middle schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bayside Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Bayside Middle 308th of 417 Virginia public middle schools. (See Bayside Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Virginia Beach City Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Virginia Beach City Public Schools 27th of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bayside Middle

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Rank History for all students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 69.26 97th 340 71.5%
2006 51.48 179th 383 53.3%
2007 54.90 166th 387 57.1%
2008 46.69 228th 391 41.7%
2009 33.89 298th 390 23.6%
2010 26.49 352nd 408 13.7%
2011 21.62 371st 413 10.2%
2012 27.26 354th 413 14.3%
2013 14.34 386th 416 7.2%
2014 23.80 340th 416 18.3%
2015 28.21 328th 412 20.4%
2016 46.37 231st 409 43.5%
2017 43.76 247th 415 40.5%
2018 34.72 300th 413 27.4%
2019 34.59 301st 424 29.0%
2021 31.40 288th 419 31.3%
2022 46.31 217th 415 47.7%
2023 43.87 256th 422 39.3%
2024 32.77 308th 417 26.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 37.85 151st 231 34.6%
2024 42.09 143rd 237 39.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 41.55 252nd 402 37.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.63 237th 411 42.3%
2024 30.92 306th 407 24.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 37.75 155th 278 44.2%
2024 43.78 141st 281 49.8%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 40.23 76th 114 33.3%
2024 34.23 100th 123 18.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 39.63 260th 409 36.4%
2024 33.83 288th 407 29.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.25 62nd 132 53.0%
2024 26.84 109th 128 14.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 52.06 147th 298 50.7%
2024 36.80 201st 299 32.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 60.77 90th 275 67.3%
2024 53.63 123rd 272 54.8%
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Rank History for White students at Bayside Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 56.30 180th 402 55.2%
2024 55.53 175th 396 55.8%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Virginia Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Open Quote This school system is horrible, most teachers, the principals, the administration and counselors don't care about these kids and are failing them. There are no books, homework or hard deadlines at all. If you fail a test you can retake it, there are no pre-reading assignments for new chapters in social studies and science. There's NO math homework, CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE!!!!!!!!! The administration says studies show homework does not help yet no one can produce this study for me. Then they say homework hurts students b/c some don't have anyone to help them at home and they are doing the work incorrectly ... WTH!!!! I signed up for other VB school homework emails and their are homework assignments that are thought out and helpful. This is sad but we voted for the school board that creates the policy .... Close Quote


by a citizen
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Open Quote These 6th grade students should not even be in middle school. Most of them can not even form a sentence correctly. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Bayside Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1379 1379
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1418 1418
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1497 1497
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1527 1527
1993 946 665 39 40 4 n/a n/a 0 1694
1994 916 667 38 42 9 n/a n/a 0 1672
1995 775 721 41 36 3 n/a n/a 0 1576
1996 775 721 41 36 3 n/a n/a 0 1576
1997 723 767 38 45 1 n/a n/a 0 1574
1998 692 767 43 46 0 n/a n/a 0 1548
1999 627 756 51 40 3 n/a n/a 0 1477
2000 592 761 45 45 4 n/a n/a -4 1443
2001 558 773 44 43 4 n/a n/a 0 1422
2002 399 807 47 42 6 n/a n/a 0 1301
2003 399 807 47 42 6 n/a n/a 0 1301
2004 350 886 41 47 5 n/a n/a 2 1331
2005 314 908 36 46 5 n/a n/a 10 1319
2006 306 812 37 46 6 n/a n/a 26 1233
2007 299 727 41 43 7 n/a n/a 27 1144
2008 265 719 47 52 5 n/a n/a 29 1117
2009 235 690 45 55 5 n/a n/a 23 1053
2010 246 687 45 49 4 n/a n/a 45 1076
2011 215 592 36 90 1 4 70 0 1008
2012 226 626 30 95 0 7 66 0 1050
2013 222 654 32 84 1 8 59 0 1060
2014 217 642 31 94 2 6 63 0 1055
2015 123 435 25 59 3 3 52 0 700
2016 124 399 25 68 2 3 63 0 684
2017 108 431 32 51 2 5 53 0 682
2018 109 453 25 57 1 5 45 0 695
2019 117 466 22 87 2 1 57 0 752
2020 129 462 25 110 1 1 61 0 789
2021 129 464 32 108 3 1 59 0 796
2022 118 425 34 113 0 0 74 0 764
2023 105 384 30 113 0 0 68 0 700
2024 90 405 20 112 3 1 71 0 702

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bayside Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1379 77.1 17.8 n/a
1990 1418 82.5 17.1 n/a
1991 1497 82.4 18.1 n/a
1992 1527 83.9 18.2 n/a
1993 1694 105.9 16.0 n/a
1994 1672 89.2 n/a 20.1
1995 1576 n/a 0.0 23.7
1996 1576 n/a 0.0 23.7
1997 1574 n/a 0.0 23.7
1998 1548 n/a 0.0 20.5
1999 1477 70.0 21.1 33.5
2000 1443 n/a 0.0 49.8
2001 1422 110.0 12.9 51.8
2002 1301 78.0 16.7 63.5
2003 1301 78.0 16.7 63.5
2004 1331 97.0 13.7 63.7
2005 1319 96.0 13.7 62.9
2006 1233 94.0 13.1 55.4
2007 1144 84.3 13.6 61.3
2008 1117 59.6 18.7 56.4
2009 1053 58.3 18.1 59.6
2010 1076 58.6 18.3 60.7
2011 1008 58.4 17.2 60.5
2012 1050 61.1 17.1 74.1
2013 1060 64.7 16.3 63.5
2014 1055 60.2 17.5 67.7
2015 700 49.0 14.2 67.9
2016 684 47.0 14.5 66.5
2017 682 51.8 13.1 66.1
2018 695 53.8 12.9 69.4
2019 752 56.1 13.3 67.6
2020 789 59.8 13.1 65.4
2021 796 65.8 12.0 n/a
2022 764 64.2 11.8 67.5
2023 700 66.7 10.4 92.1
2024 702 57.8 12.1 94.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bayside Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1379 77.1 17.8 n/a
1990 1418 82.5 17.1 n/a
1991 1497 82.4 18.1 n/a
1992 1527 83.9 18.2 n/a
1993 1694 105.9 16.0 n/a
1994 1672 89.2 n/a 20.1
1995 1576 n/a 0.0 23.7
1996 1576 n/a 0.0 23.7
1997 1574 n/a 0.0 23.7
1998 1548 n/a 0.0 20.5
1999 1477 70.0 21.1 33.5
2000 1443 n/a 0.0 49.8
2001 1422 110.0 12.9 51.8
2002 1301 78.0 16.7 63.5
2003 1301 78.0 16.7 63.5
2004 1331 97.0 13.7 63.7
2005 1319 96.0 13.7 62.9
2006 1233 94.0 13.1 55.4
2007 1144 84.3 13.6 61.3
2008 1117 59.6 18.7 56.4
2009 1053 58.3 18.1 59.6
2010 1076 58.6 18.3 60.7
2011 1008 58.4 17.2 60.5
2012 1050 61.1 17.1 74.1
2013 1060 64.7 16.3 63.5
2014 1055 60.2 17.5 67.7
2015 700 49.0 14.2 67.9
2016 684 47.0 14.5 66.5
2017 682 51.8 13.1 66.1
2018 695 53.8 12.9 69.4
2019 752 56.1 13.3 67.6
2020 789 59.8 13.1 65.4
2021 796 65.8 12.0 n/a
2022 764 64.2 11.8 67.5
2023 700 66.7 10.4 92.1
2024 702 57.8 12.1 94.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bayside Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,010 (7.7%) $12,094 (92.3%) $13,104
2020 $1,123 (8.5%) $12,116 (91.5%) $13,238
2021 $1,460 (10.3%) $12,716 (89.7%) $14,177

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bayside Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 301st of 424 Middle schoolsRanks 256th of 422 Middle schools
 10.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Bayside Middle)6957.7
 11.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)6649.3
 16.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7851.4
 26.6%
7th Grade English Reading (Bayside Middle)7165.2
 5.8%
   7th Grade English Reading (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8580.5
 4.5%
   7th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7970.3
 8.7%
8th Grade Writing (Bayside Middle)5042.2
 7.8%
   8th Grade Writing (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)7563.8
 11.2%
   8th Grade Writing (Virginia)7055.5
 14.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Bayside Middle)8851.6
 36.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8850.9
 37.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7748.4
 28.6%
8th Grade Science (Bayside Middle)7645.4
 30.6%
   8th Grade Science (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8456.2
 27.8%
   8th Grade Science (Virginia)7860.7
 17.3%
8th Grade English Reading (Bayside Middle)6869.6
 1.6%
   8th Grade English Reading (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8381.7
 1.3%
   8th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7670.7
 5.3%
End of Course Geometry (Bayside Middle)9796
 1%
   End of Course Geometry (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8789
 2%
   End of Course Geometry (Virginia)8380
 3%
End of Course Algebra I (Bayside Middle)9997
 2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)9489
 5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Virginia)8680
 6%
End of Course Earth Science (Bayside Middle)9988
 11%
   End of Course Earth Science (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8892
 4%
   End of Course Earth Science (Virginia)8172
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students752700
 6.9%
African American466384
 17.6%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian2230
 36.4%
Hispanic87113
 29.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White117105
 10.3%
Two or More Races5768
 19.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients67.6%92.1%
 24.6%


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Students at Bayside Middle are 58% African American, 16% Hispanic, 13% White, 10% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Bayside Middle usually go on to attend Bayside High

In the 2023-24 school year, 702 students attended Bayside Middle.

Bayside Middle ranks 308th of 417 Virginia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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

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