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Enrollment
771
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000961
Katherine H Hankins Middle School
5750 Katherine Hankins Dr, Theodore, AL 36582 · (251) 221-2200 · Mobile County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL771 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Alabama public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
19.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
587 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 6 | 268 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 253 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Katherine H Hankins Middle School
Katherine H Hankins Middle School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine H Hankins Middle School this school | 771 | 76.1% | 27.7% |
| Opelika Middle School Opelika | 812 | 73.2% | 37.9% |
| Alexander City Middle School Alexander City | 430 | 72.8% | 33.8% |
| Moorer Middle School Eufaula | 495 | 75.4% | 30.7% |
| William L Radney Elementary School Alexander City | 414 | 70.0% | 50.5% |
| Calera Middle Montevallo | 767 | 62.5% | 34.8% |
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 Katherine H Hankins Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #195 of 260 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #199 of 260 | #12 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #196 of 260 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 771 | #42 of 265 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #177 of 244 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #27 of 246 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #59 of 264 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #144 of 151 | #14 of 14 |
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
771
-57 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,132
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 771 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 76% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 812 | 42 | 19.3:1 | 82% (667) |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 40 | 20.2:1 | 82% (664) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 82% (680) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 35 | 22.4:1 | 82% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 56% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 994 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 73% (726) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 53% (483) |
| 1990-91 | 1,132 | 51 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Katherine H Hankins Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (783 to 771); teachers up 14% (35 to 40).
About Katherine H Hankins Middle School
Katherine H Hankins Middle School is a large middle school with an address in Theodore, Alabama. It reports enrollment of 771 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 508.
Mobile County has a total of 85 schools and 49,946 students, Katherine H Hankins Middle School among them.
White students make up 49% of enrollment at Katherine H Hankins Middle School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 30% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
On staff are 40 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. Middle schools in Alabama average 17.9:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Katherine H Hankins Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 76%. That is higher than the 67% average for public schools in Mobile County.
Katherine H Hankins Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of Alabama public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Katherine H Hankins Middle School is -1.0 points: 27.7% actual, 28.7% predicted.
For the population of Mobile County, the median household earns about $58,880 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Katherine H Hankins Middle School shares Mobile County with 106 other public schools.
Katherine H Hankins Middle School's nearest public school is Mary W Burroughs Elementary School (about 0.8 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Katherine H Hankins Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 771 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 828.
On allk12, people connected to Katherine H Hankins Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Mobile County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,590
Census ACS
Median income
$58,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
107
59,070 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mobile County
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Alma Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
Other schools in Theodore
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- Nan Gray Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Mary W Burroughs Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Mary W Burroughs Elementary School0.8 mi · 404
- Theodore High School0.8 mi · 1,218
- Nan Gray Davis Elementary School1.0 mi · 499
- WC Griggs Elementary School2.5 mi · 601
- Pearl Haskew Elementary3.6 mi · 546
- Meadowlake Elementary4.4 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Katherine H Hankins Middle SchoolHow many students attend Katherine H Hankins Middle School?
Katherine H Hankins Middle School enrolls approximately 771 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Katherine H Hankins Middle School serve?
Katherine H Hankins Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Katherine H Hankins Middle School have?
Katherine H Hankins Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
How diverse is Katherine H Hankins Middle School?
Katherine H Hankins Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 13% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Katherine H Hankins Middle School public or private?
Katherine H Hankins Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.