Enrollment
263
Middle
DISTRICT 609 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY CITY·NCES 010333001603
Charles Henderson Middle
800 Elm St, Troy, AL 36081 · (334) 566-5770 · Pike County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Alabama public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
183 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 126 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 52% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Charles Henderson Middle→Charles Henderson High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Troy City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
27.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charles Henderson Middle
Charles Henderson Middle's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Henderson Middle this school | 263 | 69.6% | 42.8% |
| Jackson Middle School Jackson | 278 | 73.7% | 29.3% |
| D A Smith Middle School Ozark | 388 | 69.6% | 31.4% |
| Childersburg Middle School Childersburg | 245 | 74.3% | 38.2% |
| Dunbar Creative Performing Arts Mobile | 338 | 69.8% | 49.6% |
| Thomasville Middle School Thomasville | 281 | 64.4% | 52.4% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles Henderson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #119 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #116 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #122 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #230 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #100 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #106 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #85 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #125 of 151 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
263
0 (0%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 70% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 64% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 64% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 64% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 69% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 95% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 60% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 53% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 25 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Henderson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (274 to 263); teachers down 25% (20 to 15).
About Charles Henderson Middle
Students in Troy, Alabama, attend Charles Henderson Middle, a small middle-grades school. The school counted 263 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. It has 48% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Alabama (about 508).
Troy City has a total of 3 schools and 1,827 students, Charles Henderson Middle among them.
More than half of the students at Charles Henderson Middle are Black (64%). Next come 25% White, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 37% Black among all Pike County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
With 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.5:1. It is about the same as the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Charles Henderson Middle, 70% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 68% average for public schools in Pike County.
Charles Henderson Middle earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Alabama public middle schools.
A school with Charles Henderson Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 33.4%. Charles Henderson Middle scores 42.8%, 9.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Pike County, the median household earns about $48,677 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Charles Henderson Middle, Pike County has 12 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Charles Henderson High School, is the closest to Charles Henderson Middle. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Charles Henderson Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Charles Henderson Middle was 263 in 2020-21 and 263 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
The allk12 page for Charles Henderson Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,987
Census ACS
Median income
$48,677
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,951 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troy City
- Troy Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,018 students
- Charles Henderson High SchoolHigh · 546 students
- Alternative Learning CenterHigh
- TroyPike Regional Center For TechnologyHigh
Other schools in Troy
- Troy Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,018 students
- Charles Henderson High SchoolHigh · 546 students
- Alternative Learning CenterHigh
- Pike County Alternative Learning CenterHigh
- TroyPike Center For TechnologyHigh
- TroyPike Regional Center For TechnologyHigh
Nearby schools
- Charles Henderson High School0.6 mi · 546
- Troy Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,018
- Banks School6.7 mi · 384
- Pike County Elementary School9.3 mi · 454
- Pike County High School10.4 mi · 484
- Goshen Elementary School10.7 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Charles Henderson MiddleHow many students attend Charles Henderson Middle?
Charles Henderson Middle enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 07-08.
Is Charles Henderson Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles Henderson Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Charles Henderson Middle have?
Charles Henderson Middle employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Charles Henderson Middle?
Student demographics at Charles Henderson Middle are roughly 25% White, 5% Hispanic, 64% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Charles Henderson Middle in?
Charles Henderson Middle is part of Troy City.
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