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What tradition at V G Hawkins Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
403
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 554
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER COUNTY·NCES 470402001678
V G Hawkins Middle School
487 A. Walton Ferry RD, Hendersonville, TN 37075 · (615) 824-3456 · Sumner County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Tennessee public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public middle schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 132 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 32% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
TN avg 40.9% . -2.2pp since 2022
Math
56.7%
TN avg 39.3% . +10.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.1% | 46.6% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where V G Hawkins Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Sumner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #50 of 336 ▲ 21 | #8 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #90 of 336 ▲ 18 | #7 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #220 of 349 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #93 of 325 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #83 of 216 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 33.3 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 36% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 35% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for V G Hawkins Middle School.
About V G Hawkins Middle School
V G Hawkins Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Hendersonville, Tennessee. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 403 students. Middle schools in Tennessee have about 554 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.
V G Hawkins Middle School reports to Sumner County, which has 53 schools and 30,719 students.
More than half of the students at V G Hawkins Middle School are White (62%). The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Sumner County's population at about 80%. The diversity index for V G Hawkins Middle School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Among Tennessee public middle schools, V G Hawkins Middle School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Census data for Sumner County show the median household earns about $90,301 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting V G Hawkins Middle School, Sumner County has 53 public schools.
V G Hawkins Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Lakeside Park Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 8% across 4 years, from 436 in 2020-21 to 403 in 2024-25.
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Sumner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
204,424
Census ACS
Median income
$90,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
30,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumner County
- Gallatin Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Beech Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,477 students
- Hendersonville High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Portland High SchoolHigh · 1,151 students
- Station Camp High SchoolHigh · 1,137 students
- Liberty Creek High SchoolHigh · 993 students
Other schools in Hendersonville
- Beech Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,477 students
- Hendersonville High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Jack Anderson ElementaryElementary · 829 students
- Dr. William Burrus Elementary at Drakes CreekElementary · 789 students
- Merrol Hyde Magnet SchoolCombined · 670 students
- Knox Doss Middle School at Drakes CreekMiddle · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside Park Elementary0.6 mi · 358
- Gene W. Brown Elementary1.2 mi · 391
- Walton Ferry Elementary1.4 mi · 359
- Hendersonville High School1.7 mi · 1,410
- Nannie Berry Elementary1.7 mi · 553
- Robert E Ellis Middle1.9 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About V G Hawkins Middle SchoolHow large is V G Hawkins Middle School?
V G Hawkins Middle School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does V G Hawkins Middle School serve?
V G Hawkins Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at V G Hawkins Middle School?
At V G Hawkins Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is V G Hawkins Middle School public or private?
V G Hawkins Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sumner County.
What county does V G Hawkins Middle School serve?
V G Hawkins Middle School serves Sumner County in TN.
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