📍 4857 Charleston Highway, Rowesville, Orangeburg County, 29133
Bethune-Bowman Middle/High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Rowesville, Orangeburg County. The school has 374 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orangeburg school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 15% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bethune-Bowman Middle/High enrolls 374 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 296 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 13% |
| White | 23 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
374 of the school's 374 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 374 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.
Bethune-Bowman Middle/High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-60, state senate district 39, state house district 66.
Bethune-Bowman Middle/High is one of 28 schools in Orangeburg, based in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The district serves 10,089 students district-wide and employs 739 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 374 students, Bethune-Bowman Middle/High is close to the district average of about 360 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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