📍 5209 Highway 66, Loris, Horry County, 29569
Loris Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Loris, Horry County. The school has 720 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Horry 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Loris Middle enrolls 720 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 52 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 35% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 318 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 254 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 87 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 56 | 7.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
720 of the school's 720 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 720 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.
Loris 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 28, state house district 105.
Loris Middle is one of 57 schools in Horry 01, based in Conway, South Carolina. The district serves 48,662 students district-wide and employs 3,242 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 720 students, Loris Middle is smaller than the district average of about 854 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant