Bayside Elementary School, Virginia Beach, VA

Bayside Elementary School phone, hours & mascot

Phone: (757) 648-2080
Hours: Staggered elementary schedule: grades 4-5 approx. 8:05 a.m.–2:35 p.m.; grades 1-3 approx. 8:45 a.m.–3:15 p.m. (VBCPS-listed times; not separately confirmed on the school's own page)
Mascot: Bulldogs
Principal: Amanda B. Loyd
Address: 5649 Bayside Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455

Score breakdown

Compared against all 1,074 Virginia public elementary schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

2.5 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 58.4% across all subjects — 17th percentile statewide.

2.2 · Academic progress

72% of students showed growth in reading and 62% in math — 13th percentile.

5.9 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 8.5% — better attendance than 54% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 3.1 for 2025–26, compared with 2.9 for 2024–25 — up 0.2.

Test scores by subject

Percent of students passing Virginia SOL tests, 2025–26.

This school Virginia average

Grade 5 Science

53%state 69%

Virginia Studies

55%state 71%

Grade 3 Mathematics

64%state 74%

Grade 4 Mathematics

61%state 73%

Grade 5 Mathematics

48%state 72%

Grade 3 English Reading

64%state 68%

Grade 4 English Reading

58%state 74%

Grade 5 English Reading

67%state 73%

Source: Virginia Department of Education, School Quality Profiles — SOL pass rates, 2025–26.

Bayside Elementary School & its school zone

Bayside Elementary School serves Virginia Beach, VA 23455 students as a public elementary school in Virginia Beach Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Bayside Elementary School are shopping this Virginia Beach school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Virginia Beach elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 3.1/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is up from 2.9 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 58.4%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 72% of students showed growth in English reading and 62% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 8.5%, better than the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Virginia Beach school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Bayside Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Virginia Beach Public Schools before making a housing decision based on school zone.

How the VaHome School Score works

Test scores (50%): the school's SOL pass rate across all subjects, ranked against every Virginia public school of the same level.
Academic progress (30%): Virginia's growth rates — the share of students who showed year-over-year growth in English reading and in math — ranked statewide.
Attendance (20%): chronic absenteeism, ranked statewide (lower is better).
What changed for 2025–26: Virginia retired the accreditation “combined rate” we used for academic progress in 2024–25, so progress now uses the state's student growth rates. Virginia publishes no growth measure for high schools, so their 20% now goes to attendance. The year-over-year comparison at the top uses the score we published for 2024–25; part of a school's change can come from this method update.
The weighted statewide percentile maps to a score from 1.0 to 10.0: score = 1 + 9 × percentile. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.
Every input is public data from the Virginia Department of Education, refreshed each school year. No opinions, no black box — you can check our math.

Data: Virginia Department of Education School Quality Profiles (2025–26) · NCES. VaHome is not affiliated with VDOE, NCES, or GreatSchools.

At a glance

School district: Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public
Established: 1911 · this campus 2000
Enrollment: 441 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 12:1
Classroom teachers: 46.3 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510384001674

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

63%

Mathematics

57%

Science

53%

History & Social Sci.

55%

Attendance

2025-2026

8.5% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Bayside Elementary School

Bayside Elementary School traces its origins to an early log-cabin school and, in 1911, relocated to the W.E. Biddle School building on Independence Boulevard, when it was renamed The Bayside School. In 1941 the school moved to its current site at 5649 Bayside Road. After the aging facility was determined to be beyond renovation, the original building was demolished in 1999, and a newly constructed Bayside Elementary School opened on the same site in December 2000.

The school is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools and sits in the Bayside area of northern Virginia Beach, Virginia, near the Chesapeake Bay side of the city. It serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade 5 and is classified by the federal government as being in a large-city locale.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Bayside Elementary ↗ — NCES School ID, district, total enrollment, enrollment by grade, grades served, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, free/reduced lunch eligibility2024-2025
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Bayside Elementary ↗ — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (Reading/Math/Science/History), demographics, economically disadvantaged, English learners, students with disabilities, chronic absenteeism, principal, grades, fall membership (enrollment)SOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Bayside Elementary School official website (VBCPS) ↗ — School history, mascot (Bulldogs), phone number, principal context, capacity2025
Virginia Beach City Public Schools — School Hours ↗ — Elementary staggered school-hours times2025-2026
Wikimedia Commons media search ↗ — Checked for freely-licensed building photo — none found (only US Navy event photos of sailors reading to students, no building image)2009

Figures reflect the 2025-2026 (Virginia DOE SOL, attendance, enrollment); 2024-2025 (NCES staffing); accreditation SY2025-2026 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

Bayside Elementary School