South Hardin Middle School

South Hardin Middle School is a middle school of cozy scale in Hubbard, Iowa, run under Hubbard-Radcliffe Comm School District, works with 196 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 400.

Hubbard-Radcliffe Comm School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 377 students; South Hardin Middle School is among them.

On demographics, South Hardin Middle School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hardin County as a whole.

On the resource side, South Hardin Middle School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, South Hardin Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.3%; this one delivers 68.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hardin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,069, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hardin County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,073 students), South Hardin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary School, around 7.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, South Hardin Middle School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.1%.

South Hardin Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Hardin Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 195 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.