📍 30 New Mustang Road, Bluffton, Beaufort County, 29910
Bluffton Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bluffton, Beaufort County. The school has 872 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Beaufort 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bluffton Middle enrolls 872 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 391 | 45% |
| White | 323 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 118 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
392 of the school's 872 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 324 qualify for free lunch and 68 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.
Bluffton Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 SC-10, state senate district 46, state house district 120.
Bluffton Middle is one of 32 schools in Beaufort 01, based in Beaufort, South Carolina. The district serves 21,050 students district-wide and employs 1,755 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 872 students, Bluffton Middle is larger than the district average of about 658 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small