📍 2351 Longtown Road East, Blythewood, Richland County, 29016
Blythewood Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Blythewood, Richland County. The school has 796 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland 02 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blythewood Middle enrolls 796 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 28% White and 7.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 459 | 58% |
| White | 221 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
364 of the school's 796 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 364 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Blythewood Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-20, state senate district 22, state house district 77.
Blythewood Middle is one of 32 schools in Richland 02, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 28,841 students district-wide and employs 1,987 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 796 students, Blythewood Middle is close to the district average of about 901 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large