📍 101 London Street, Blacksburg, Cherokee County, 29702
Blacksburg Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Blacksburg, Cherokee County. The school has 360 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blacksburg Middle enrolls 360 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 7.8% Black or African American and 5.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 294 | 82% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 360 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 260 qualify for free lunch and 1 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.
Blacksburg Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-50, state senate district 14, state house district 30.
Blacksburg Middle is one of 15 schools in Cherokee 01, based in Gaffney, South Carolina. The district serves 7,525 students district-wide and employs 563 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 360 students, Blacksburg Middle is smaller than the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant