📍 2600 Wheat Street, Columbia, Richland County, 29205
Hand Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Columbia, Richland County. The school has 652 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland 01 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hand Middle enrolls 652 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 28% White and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 363 | 56% |
| White | 182 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 70 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
652 of the school's 652 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 652 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.
Hand Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-60, state senate district 20, state house district 72.
Hand Middle is one of 48 schools in Richland 01, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 21,814 students district-wide and employs 1,755 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 652 students, Hand Middle is larger than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize