📍 3025 Hwy 326 S, Sour Lake Tx, Hardin County, 77659
Henderson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sour Lake Tx, Hardin County. The school has 617 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Paul Sims. It is part of the Hardin-Jefferson Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Henderson Middle enrolls 617 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 12% Black or African American and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 445 | 72% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
251 of the school's 617 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 222 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Henderson Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 3, state house district 19.
Henderson Middle is one of 5 schools in HARDIN-JEFFERSON ISD, based in SOUR LAKE, Texas. The district serves 2,762 students district-wide and employs 177 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 617 students, Henderson Middle is close to the district average of about 552 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant