John W. Bate Middle School
Grades and ages
Grades 6-8
Enrollment
386 students
Students per teacher
13.3 per full-time teacher
Tuition
Tuition-free
About John W. Bate Middle School
John W. Bate Middle School carries the name of John Bate, who was born enslaved near Louisville in 1854, attended Berea College, and taught and led a one-room Danville school for fifty-eight years. That school grew to serve as many as 600 students and added a high school. It became Bate Junior High when Danville schools integrated in 1964, and in 1978 a new building opened behind the original site as one of Kentucky's first schools designed specifically as a middle school.
Today we serve the middle grades for Danville Independent Schools on Stanford Avenue. Our academic team competes in quick recall, written testing, Future Problem Solving and writing composition, and students can join Junior Beta Club and National Junior Honor Society.
The arts program includes theatre, choir, band and visual arts, and our theatre students were named a Disney on Broadway School of Excellence for student-led productions. Athletics include football, cross country, basketball, tennis, wrestling, volleyball, soccer, softball, baseball, track and field, cheerleading, bowling and archery. The Beacon Youth Service Center supports students and families.
Student fit
Who this school serves
Grades and ages
- Public
- Middle School (6-8)
Specialties
- Performing arts
Learning and support
Curriculum and therapeutic services
Services and supports
- Academic team
- Future Problem Solving
- Junior Beta Club
- National Junior Honor Society
- Theatre
- Band
- Choir
- Athletics
Programs
Programs at John W. Bate Middle School
Other programs and supports
- Academic team
- Future Problem Solving
- Junior Beta Club
- National Junior Honor Society
- Theatre
- Band
- Choir
- Athletics
School facts
Practical details for families
- Students per Teacher
- 13.3 per full-time teacher
- Students with IEPs
- 63 (16% of students)
- Students with 504 Plans
- 14
Tuition and funding
Tuition: Tuition-free
- Tuition-free public school
Enrollment
386 students
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