📍 810 West South Fourth Street, Seneca, Oconee County, 29678
Seneca Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Seneca, Oconee County. The school has 781 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Oconee 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Seneca Middle enrolls 781 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 56 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 23% Black or African American and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 462 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 176 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
603 of the school's 781 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 547 qualify for free lunch and 56 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Seneca Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 1, state house district 2.
Seneca Middle is one of 17 schools in Oconee 01, based in Walhalla, South Carolina. The district serves 9,978 students district-wide and employs 791 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 781 students, Seneca Middle is larger than the district average of about 587 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe