Hebron Middle School

Hebron Middle School is one of the average-sized middle schools in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, part of Bullitt County, with 569 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Bullitt County, which oversees 24 schools and 13,007 students, Hebron Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hebron Middle School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Bullitt County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hebron Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of -12.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bullitt County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,558 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Bullitt County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,007 students), Hebron Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Bullitt High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hebron Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hebron Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hebron Middle School's enrollment has rose 22% since 2018, when it stood at 468 (now 569). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.