Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School

Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, educates 615 students, covering grades 6 through 7.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,866, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), of which Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: The Academy @ Shawnee, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School.

Dr. J. Blaine Hudson Middle School operates from a downtown location.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.