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Enrollment
1,367
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174001586
Henderson Middle School
2830 Henderson Mill Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341 · (678) 874-2902 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
1,005 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
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 | 409 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 492 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 466 | 34% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · 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
Henderson Middle School→Lakeside High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
34.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 29.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.1% | 26.1% |
| 2021-22 | 36.3% | 28.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Henderson Middle School
Henderson Middle School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Middle School this school | 1,367 | 73.5% | 33.7% |
| Marietta Middle School Marietta | 1,352 | 67.8% | 45.4% |
| Gainesville Middle School East Gainesville | 896 | 73.3% | 25.6% |
| Duluth Middle School Duluth | 1,201 | 75.7% | 40.2% |
| Moore Middle School Lawrenceville | 971 | 81.2% | 27.3% |
| Gainesville Middle School West Gainesville- | 931 | 73.3% | 22.9% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Henderson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #276 of 470 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #280 of 474 ▲ 16 | #8 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #247 of 474 ▲ 5 | #8 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #320 of 465 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,367 | #31 of 487 | #2 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #271 of 471 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #104 of 471 | #5 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #275 of 479 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #137 of 305 | #9 of 13 |
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
1,367
-42 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,397
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,367 | 95 | 14.4:1 | 74% (1,005) |
| 2023-24 | 1,391 | 90 | 15.5:1 | 63% (881) |
| 2022-23 | 1,411 | 90 | 15.7:1 | 56% (790) |
| 2020-21 | 1,409 | 102 | 13.8:1 | 45% (637) |
| 2017-18 | 1,539 | 104 | 14.8:1 | 54% (833) |
| 2015-16 | 1,621 | 98 | 16.5:1 | 54% (880) |
| 2010-11 | 1,451 | 88 | 16.5:1 | 49% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 1,397 | 85 | 16.4:1 | 49% (687) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henderson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,539 to 1,367); teachers down 9% (104 to 95).
About Henderson Middle School
Henderson Middle School is a large middle school in Chamblee, Georgia, (ZIP code 30341). It reported 1,367 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
DeKalb County, which runs Henderson Middle School, has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
Federal enrollment data show Henderson Middle School is 51% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 20% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 41 points above the 11% share among DeKalb County residents. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Henderson Middle School are from different groups.
The school's 95 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. That is in line with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Income data for the school show 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in DeKalb County is similar, at 77%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Henderson Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 33.7% actual against 39.4% predicted.
Looking at the county, DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 154 public schools and about 102,960 students.
Henderson Mill Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Henderson Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Henderson Middle School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Henderson Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,409 to 1,367, a 3% decline.
The discussion board for Henderson Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Chamblee
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Chamblee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,018 students
- Dresden Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Huntley Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Other Henderson Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Henderson Middle. Henderson Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Henderson Middle SchoolJackson, GA · 761 students
- Henderson Middle SchoolHENDERSON, TX · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Henderson Mill Elementary School0.8 mi · 541
- Evansdale Elementary School0.8 mi · 504
- Midvale Elementary School1.2 mi · 417
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.3 mi · 378
- Georgia Fugees Academy Charter School1.6 mi · 165
- Tapestry Public Charter School1.9 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Henderson Middle SchoolHow many students attend Henderson Middle School?
Henderson Middle School enrolls approximately 1,367 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Henderson Middle School serve?
Henderson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Henderson Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Henderson Middle School.
How diverse is Henderson Middle School?
Henderson Middle School reports a student body of 21% White, 51% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Henderson Middle School?
Henderson Middle School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.