📍 2263 Otranto Road, North Charleston, Charleston County, 29406
Deer Park Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in North Charleston, Charleston County. The school has 328 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charleston 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Deer Park Middle enrolls 328 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 12% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 171 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 29% |
| White | 38 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
328 of the school's 328 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 328 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Deer Park Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-60, state senate district 44, state house district 117.
Deer Park 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 328 students, Deer Park Middle is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize