📍 1803 Joan Drive, Dillon, Dillon County, 29536
Dillon Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dillon, Dillon County. The school has 666 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dillon 04 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dillon Middle enrolls 666 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Black or African American, 19% White and 6.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 443 | 67% |
| White | 125 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 15 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
666 of the school's 666 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 666 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.
Dillon Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 30, state house district 55.
Dillon Middle is one of 8 schools in Dillon 04, based in Dillon, South Carolina. The district serves 3,659 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 666 students, Dillon Middle is larger than the district average of about 457 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant