Fast Facts

• Founded in 1970, Bayside educates 750 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12.
  
  
• The 100-member faculty averages 12 years of teaching experience.
  
  
• More than 65% of faculty members have advanced degrees.
  
  
• The mean scores for Bayside students taking the ACT and SAT are consistently in the top quartile of the nation.
  
  
• Over the last two years, Bayside students have been awarded nearly $9 million in college scholarships.
  
  
• In the last four years, there have been nine National Merit Finalists, 10 National Merit Commended Scholars, and one National Hispanic Scholar.
  
  
• 100% of 2010 graduates were accepted into one or more of 53 colleges and universities in 17 states and Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Bayside offers more than 30 extracurricular programs and more than 25 athletic teams. Five students from the class of 2010 were awarded collegiate athletic scholarships.
  
  
• In the past three years, Bayside has had 6 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship winners.
  
  
• In the past two years, the State Representative for the FBI National Academy Associates Youth Leadership Program has been a Bayside student.
  
  
• Bayside has had four candidates accepted into the Alabama Governor’s School each year for three consecutive years.
  
  
• The Bayside Academy Pep Band has been asked to perform at the Sugar Bowl half-time show in 2011.
  
  
• Several upper school students are on the Making It Count National Student Advisory Council.
  
  
• Several Bayside students actively volunteer for several charities, including Santa America, a national service organization that Bayside has adopted as its charitable partner, making it the first school to team up with Santa America.