📍 400 East Cartersville Highway, Lamar, Darlington County, 29069
Spaulding Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lamar, Darlington County. The school has 204 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Darlington 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Spaulding Middle enrolls 204 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 33% White and 8.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 112 | 55% |
| White | 67 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
204 of the school's 204 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 204 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.
Spaulding 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-70, state senate district 29, state house district 60.
Spaulding Middle is one of 19 schools in Darlington 01, based in Darlington, South Carolina. The district serves 8,793 students district-wide and employs 724 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 204 students, Spaulding Middle is smaller than the district average of about 463 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant