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Black student results at Henderson Middle School

DeKalb County, Georgia

24.4%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At Henderson Middle School, 24.4% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 7 points below the 31.4% recorded for all students at the same school, and 4.9 points below the 29.3% average for Black students across DeKalb County.

Among the 123 schools in DeKalb County with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 60th. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

31.4%
All students
24.4%
Black
12.8%
Hispanic
72.8%
White
59.4%
Asian

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at Henderson Middle School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside DeKalb County

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Canby Lane Elementary School 29.1% 27.7% 30%
Lakeside High School 38.1% 26.1% 23% 72.4% 69.2%
Rowland Elementary School 25.7% 25% 21.7% 34.6%
Huntley Hills Elementary School 34.5% 24.7% 26% 64.6% 61.5%
Marbut Elementary School 23.9% 24.5% 18.2%
Henderson Middle School This school 31.4% 24.4% 12.8% 72.8% 59.4%
Cross Keys High School 31.9% 24.4% 31.8% 54.4%
Lithonia High School 24.3% 24% 19.2%
Rock Chapel Elementary School 23.2% 23.5% 25.1%
Hambrick Elementary School 27.4% 22.8% 14% 39.2%
Pleasantdale Elementary School 23.3% 21.9% 19.8% 69.2%

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.