📍 1119 North Irby Street, Florence, Florence County, 29501
Williams Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Florence, Florence County. The school has 836 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Florence 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Williams Middle enrolls 836 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 54 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Black or African American, 15% White and 9.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 587 | 70% |
| White | 124 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 79 | 9.4% |
| Asian | 29 | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
836 of the school's 836 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 836 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.
Williams Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 59.
Williams Middle is one of 25 schools in Florence 01, based in Florence, South Carolina. The district serves 15,861 students district-wide and employs 1,147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 836 students, Williams Middle is larger than the district average of about 634 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small