📍 609 Green Street, Laurens, Laurens County, 29360
Sanders Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Laurens, Laurens County. The school has 331 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Laurens 55 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sanders Middle enrolls 331 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 36% White and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 156 | 47% |
| White | 119 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
331 of the school's 331 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 331 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.
Sanders 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-30, state senate district 9, state house district 14.
Sanders Middle is one of 9 schools in Laurens 55, based in Laurens, South Carolina. The district serves 4,984 students district-wide and employs 405 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 331 students, Sanders Middle is smaller than the district average of about 554 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant