📍 2705 Bulrush Basket Lane, Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, 29466
Laing Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County. The school has 1,012 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charleston 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Laing Middle enrolls 1,012 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 58 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 13% Black or African American and 3.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 808 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 131 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 19 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
211 of the school's 1,012 students (21%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 201 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
Laing Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-10, state senate district 34, state house district 112.
Laing Middle is one of 82 schools in Charleston 01, based in Charleston, South Carolina. The district serves 50,856 students district-wide and employs 3,791 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,012 students, Laing Middle is larger than the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large