Hanby Middle School

As a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Gold Hill, Oregon, Hanby Middle School hosts 375 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Central Point SD 6. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Central Point SD 6 runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,241 students. Hanby Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hanby Middle School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Hanby Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hanby Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 25.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,999 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Jackson County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), of which Hanby Middle School is one.

Patrick Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hanby Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hanby Middle School has ticked up 60%, going from 234 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 11% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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