📍 3010 Carey Smith Blvd, Bay City, Matagorda County, 77414
Bay City J H is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bay City, Matagorda County. The school has 789 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rosemarie Cumings. It is part of the Bay City Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 54.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bay City J H enrolls 789 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 54.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 16% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 516 | 65% |
| White | 125 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 120 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
609 of the school's 789 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 589 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bay City J H is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 25.
Bay City J H is one of 5 schools in BAY CITY ISD, based in BAY CITY, Texas. The district serves 3,473 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 789 students, Bay City J H is close to the district average of about 695 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant