Hendricks Middle School

Located at 4950 Hyde Rd, in Cumming, Georgia, Hendricks Middle School is a sprawling junior high that teaches 1,376 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Forsyth County. Enrollment runs roughly 80% larger than the state mean of about 763.

Across the 42 schools in Forsyth County (54,864 students total), Hendricks Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hendricks Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Hendricks Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hendricks Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 62.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Forsyth County indicate median household earnings sit near $143,784, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Forsyth County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), Hendricks Middle School is one campus in the mix.

West Forsyth High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hendricks Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hendricks Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Hendricks Middle School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.