📍 118 Gilmore St, Santa Rosa, Walton County, 32459
Bay School is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Santa Rosa, Walton County. The school has 146 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Walton school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a rural setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bay School enrolls 146 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 108 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
28 of the school's 146 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 20 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bay School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-20, state senate district 2, state house district 5.
Bay School is one of 23 schools in WALTON, based in DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Florida. The district serves 12,007 students district-wide and employs 718 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 146 students, Bay School is smaller than the district average of about 522 students per school.
Setting: Rural - Fringe