Katherine H Hankins Middle School

Katherine H Hankins Middle School is one of the large junior highs in Theodore, Alabama, overseen by Mobile County, with 771 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Katherine H Hankins Middle School sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.

Mobile County comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 49,946 students; Katherine H Hankins Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Katherine H Hankins Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Katherine H Hankins Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Mobile County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Katherine H Hankins Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.7%; this one delivers 27.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Mobile County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Katherine H Hankins Middle School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

The closest other public school is Mary W Burroughs Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Katherine H Hankins Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Katherine H Hankins Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Katherine H Hankins Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 783 (now 771). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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