Hendersonville Middle

Set in Hendersonville, North Carolina, Hendersonville Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school, part of Henderson County Schools. It works with 540 students across grades 6 through 8.

Henderson County Schools runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 12,619 students. Hendersonville Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hendersonville Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Henderson County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hendersonville Middle has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Henderson County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hendersonville Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.7%; this one delivers 63.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Henderson County) logs that median household income runs about $68,187, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hendersonville Middle is one of 25 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 13,572 students).

Hendersonville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hendersonville Middle at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hendersonville Middle has decreased 5%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 540 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.