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Henderson County South Middle School

Summary:

Henderson County South Middle School is a public middle school in Henderson, Kentucky, serving 721 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Henderson County School District, which is ranked 33 out of 159 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Henderson County South Middle School consistently outperforms the state and district averages in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 61% of 6th graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 55% in the district and 42% statewide. The school also ranks highly in the state for the performance of African American, Hispanic, and White students, as well as students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, indicating a focus on equity and ensuring all students have access to quality education. Over the past several years, the school has consistently ranked among the top middle schools in Kentucky, placing it in the top quartile of middle schools in the state.

Interestingly, the nearby Henderson County North Middle School, while also part of the same district, has lower academic performance and statewide rankings compared to Henderson County South Middle School. This highlights the potential for best practices and strategies from the higher-performing school to be shared and implemented at the lower-performing school to improve overall district outcomes. Additionally, the school's lower rankings for special education and disabled student subgroups suggest an area for improvement, which could be a focus for the school's continuous improvement efforts.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 800 S Alves St
       Henderson, KY  42420

(270) 831-5050

District: Henderson County

SchoolDigger Rank:
74th of 324 Kentucky Middle Schools


Students who attend Henderson County South Middle School usually attend:

High:    Henderson County High School

Feeder schools for Henderson County South Middle School:

Elementary:    A B Chandler Elementary School
    Bend Gate Elementary School
    Jefferson Elementary School
    Niagara Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.5 Help
Number of students:  721

Racial breakdown:

White:
73.6%
African American:
9.3%
Two or more races:
7.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42.7% Help


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Compare Details Henderson County South Middle School ranks better than 77.2% of middle schools in Kentucky. (See more...)
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Henderson County South Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Henderson County South Middle School 74th of 324 Kentucky public middle schools. (See Henderson County South Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Henderson County:

SchoolDigger ranks Henderson County 33rd of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Henderson County South Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 41.67 168th 284 40.8%
2008 40.79 176th 287 38.7%
2009 46.36 165th 289 42.9%
2010 59.49 121st 299 59.5%
2011 60.62 117th 304 61.5%
2012 57.60 123rd 319 61.4%
2013 74.60 51st 335 84.8%
2014 73.31 52nd 335 84.5%
2015 79.82 36th 337 89.3%
2016 81.49 24th 331 92.7%
2017 78.36 36th 330 89.1%
2018 77.03 42nd 322 87.0%
2019 84.23 22nd 335 93.4%
2021 76.58 30th 282 89.4%
2022 87.53 19th 320 94.1%
2023 84.47 29th 327 91.1%
2024 70.64 74th 324 77.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.00 13th 85 84.7%
2019 79.23 11th 87 87.4%
2022 58.21 30th 98 69.4%
2023 68.56 18th 95 81.1%
2024 58.37 31st 99 68.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 86.16 17th 294 94.2%
2023 33.57 79th 124 36.3%
2024 24.60 103rd 130 20.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.12 40th 285 86.0%
2019 84.83 17th 303 94.4%
2021 81.95 10th 224 95.5%
2022 79.65 27th 310 91.3%
2023 74.85 52nd 309 83.2%
2024 67.91 73rd 311 76.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.08 34th 290 88.3%
2019 84.67 18th 299 94.0%
2021 78.88 25th 233 89.3%
2022 86.18 23rd 299 92.3%
2023 84.23 19th 295 93.6%
2024 76.97 40th 300 86.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.89 111th 219 49.3%
2019 58.30 62nd 226 72.6%
2022 44.94 45th 111 59.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.27 55th 293 81.2%
2019 81.91 30th 303 90.1%
2021 68.65 42nd 222 81.1%
2022 83.44 27th 304 91.1%
2023 80.28 37th 307 87.9%
2024 61.80 98th 304 67.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.63 29th 96 69.8%
2019 80.35 11th 96 88.5%
2021 61.10 5th 17 70.6%
2022 82.31 8th 84 90.5%
2023 89.43 4th 79 94.9%
2024 78.76 11th 80 86.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.92 7th 116 94.0%
2019 91.14 5th 120 95.8%
2022 76.29 16th 120 86.7%
2023 69.16 29th 119 75.6%
2024 55.83 46th 123 62.6%
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Rank History for White students at Henderson County South Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.00 28th 253 88.9%
2019 85.95 18th 266 93.2%
2021 74.42 32nd 213 85.0%
2022 91.29 17th 314 94.6%
2023 85.24 29th 320 90.9%
2024 71.78 63rd 316 80.1%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Henderson County South Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 700 60 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 762
1989 672 64 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 736
1990 742 83 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 826
1991 809 72 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 882
1992 864 76 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 944
1993 894 69 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 965
1994 862 69 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 933
1995 894 82 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 983
1996 894 82 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 983
1997 875 86 9 2 0 n/a n/a 0 972
1998 816 80 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 905
1999 779 82 3 11 0 n/a n/a 2 877
2000 706 87 0 9 0 n/a n/a 6 808
2001 713 81 3 16 1 n/a n/a 14 828
2002 662 84 1 0 3 n/a n/a 0 750
2003 662 84 1 0 3 n/a n/a 0 750
2004 615 69 0 1 5 n/a n/a 0 690
2005 611 70 1 10 1 n/a n/a 0 693
2006 601 91 1 12 2 n/a n/a 0 707
2007 595 95 2 14 1 n/a n/a 10 717
2008 598 58 3 5 1 n/a n/a 8 673
2009 561 59 1 14 1 n/a n/a 27 663
2010 568 54 2 13 0 n/a n/a 28 665
2011 522 69 2 14 1 1 27 0 636
2012 550 73 4 14 0 1 26 0 668
2013 556 68 2 16 0 0 34 0 676
2014 567 67 2 26 0 0 33 0 695
2015 574 72 4 28 0 0 37 0 715
2016 608 75 4 28 0 3 40 0 758
2017 600 79 6 29 1 4 61 0 780
2018 602 84 4 30 2 5 64 0 791
2019 578 82 4 47 1 9 60 0 781
2020 571 71 3 56 1 4 64 0 770
2021 600 84 7 63 0 1 71 0 826
2022 527 88 7 62 0 3 66 0 753
2023 531 67 10 53 0 4 56 0 721

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Henderson County South Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 762 40.7 18.7 n/a
1989 736 39.8 18.4 n/a
1990 826 43.0 19.2 n/a
1991 882 46.7 18.8 n/a
1992 944 50.5 18.6 n/a
1993 965 52.7 18.3 n/a
1994 933 53.3 17.5 n/a
1995 983 56.2 17.5 n/a
1996 983 56.2 17.5 n/a
1997 972 56.3 17.3 28
1998 905 56.0 16.2 25.6
1999 877 53.7 16.3 36.7
2000 808 50.9 15.9 37.2
2001 828 48.4 17.1 37.3
2002 750 48.0 15.6 59.3
2003 750 48.0 15.6 59.3
2004 690 45.0 15.3 n/a
2005 693 46.4 14.9 n/a
2006 707 41.0 17.2 38.2
2007 717 41.0 17.5 43
2008 673 40.5 16.6 40
2009 663 42.2 15.7 48.4
2010 665 31.0 21.4 52.9
2011 636 40.0 15.9 53.5
2012 668 41.0 16.2 49
2013 676 48.0 14.0 55.9
2014 695 52.0 13.3 58
2015 715 50.0 14.3 58.7
2016 758 50.0 15.1 59.9
2017 780 46.8 16.6 58.8
2018 791 50.5 15.6 56.8
2019 781 46.5 16.7 55.6
2020 770 50.0 15.4 55.3
2021 826 50.0 16.5 55.1
2022 753 48.5 15.5 47.7
2023 721 46.5 15.5 42.7

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 Henderson County South Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 762 40.7 18.7 n/a
1989 736 39.8 18.4 n/a
1990 826 43.0 19.2 n/a
1991 882 46.7 18.8 n/a
1992 944 50.5 18.6 n/a
1993 965 52.7 18.3 n/a
1994 933 53.3 17.5 n/a
1995 983 56.2 17.5 n/a
1996 983 56.2 17.5 n/a
1997 972 56.3 17.3 28
1998 905 56.0 16.2 25.6
1999 877 53.7 16.3 36.7
2000 808 50.9 15.9 37.2
2001 828 48.4 17.1 37.3
2002 750 48.0 15.6 59.3
2003 750 48.0 15.6 59.3
2004 690 45.0 15.3 n/a
2005 693 46.4 14.9 n/a
2006 707 41.0 17.2 38.2
2007 717 41.0 17.5 43
2008 673 40.5 16.6 40
2009 663 42.2 15.7 48.4
2010 665 31.0 21.4 52.9
2011 636 40.0 15.9 53.5
2012 668 41.0 16.2 49
2013 676 48.0 14.0 55.9
2014 695 52.0 13.3 58
2015 715 50.0 14.3 58.7
2016 758 50.0 15.1 59.9
2017 780 46.8 16.6 58.8
2018 791 50.5 15.6 56.8
2019 781 46.5 16.7 55.6
2020 770 50.0 15.4 55.3
2021 826 50.0 16.5 55.1
2022 753 48.5 15.5 47.7
2023 721 46.5 15.5 42.7

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 Henderson County South Middle School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $768 (5.7%) $161 (1.2%) $928 (6.9%) $9,429 (69.7%) $1,691 (12.5%) $11,120 (82.2%) $13,525
2019 $437 (3.8%) $90 (0.8%) $527 (4.6%) $7,718 (67.1%) $1,715 (14.9%) $9,433 (82.0%) $11,501
2020 $446 (4.1%) $101 (0.9%) $524 (4.8%) $8,234 (75.7%) $1,830 (16.8%) $10,064 (92.6%) $10,872
2021 $608 (4.6%) $565 (4.3%) $1,172 (8.9%) $8,268 (62.7%) $1,314 (10.0%) $9,583 (72.6%) $13,191
2022 $949 (6.3%) $581 (3.8%) $1,530 (10.1%) $8,684 (57.5%) $1,990 (13.2%) $10,677 (70.7%) $15,101

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
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Impact of COVID-19 on Henderson County South Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 22nd of 335 Middle schoolsRanks 29th of 327 Middle schools
 2.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students781721
 7.7%
African American8267
 18.3%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian410
 150%
Hispanic4753
 12.8%
Pacific Islander94
 55.6%
White578531
 8.1%
Two or More Races6056
 6.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients55.6%42.7%
 12.9%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Henderson County South Middle School

Students at Henderson County South Middle School are 74% White, 9% African American, 8% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 721 students attended Henderson County South Middle School.

Students who attend Henderson County South Middle School usually go on to attend Henderson County High School

Henderson County South Middle School ranks 74th of 324 Kentucky middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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