📍 1160 Longreen Parkway, Columbia, Richland County, 29229
Longleaf Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Columbia, Richland County. The school has 802 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland 02 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Longleaf Middle enrolls 802 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Black or African American, 9.7% White and 8.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 602 | 75% |
| White | 78 | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
556 of the school's 802 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 556 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.
Longleaf 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-60, state senate district 19, state house district 77.
Longleaf 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 802 students, Longleaf 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