📍 1551 Billings Drive, Lancaster, Lancaster County, 29720
South Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lancaster, Lancaster County. The school has 534 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lancaster 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Middle enrolls 534 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 25% White and 21% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 269 | 50% |
| White | 132 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 112 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
534 of the school's 534 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 534 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.
South 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-50, state senate district 16, state house district 44.
South Middle is one of 23 schools in Lancaster 01, based in Lancaster, South Carolina. The district serves 15,417 students district-wide and employs 989 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 534 students, South Middle is smaller than the district average of about 670 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant