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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Columbia, South Carolina

Across Columbia, South Carolina, 12 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Irmo Middle leads the list at 67.3%, against a median of 50.2% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Columbia, South Carolina

Top Diversity index

67.3%

Median Diversity index

50.2%

MOST DIVERSE · COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Irmo Middle	Columbia, SC	992	67.3%	33.8%(335)	44.3%(439)	8.6%(85)	3.6%(36)
2	CrossRoads Intermediate	Columbia, SC	557	66.6%	32.9%(183)	45.8%(255)	6.5%(36)	4.1%(23)
3	Dent Middle	Columbia, SC	1,059	64.5%	17.5%(185)	53.5%(566)	17.6%(186)	6.3%(67)
4	Crayton Middle	Columbia, SC	952	62.7%	49.3%(469)	34.7%(330)	7.3%(70)	1.8%(17)
5	Hand Middle	Columbia, SC	755	62.6%	30.7%(232)	51.4%(388)	10.9%(82)	0.9%(7)
6	Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy	Columbia, SC	216	58.6%	49.1%(106)	41.2%(89)	4.2%(9)	0.9%(2)
7	W. G. Sanders Middle	Columbia, SC	503	41.8%	11.7%(59)	74.8%(376)	9.2%(46)	0.6%(3)
8	Longleaf Middle	Columbia, SC	796	39.7%	8.0%(64)	76.5%(609)	9.2%(73)	1.1%(9)
9	Alcorn Middle	Columbia, SC	381	37.6%	2.9%(11)	77.4%(295)	14.4%(55)	0.3%(1)
10	St. Andrews Middle	Columbia, SC	627	29.6%	2.7%(17)	83.4%(523)	7.3%(46)	1.8%(11)
11	Heyward Gibbes Middle	Columbia, SC	252	18.5%	1.6%(4)	90.1%(227)	5.2%(13)	0.0%(0)
12	W. A. Perry Middle	Columbia, SC	320	18.0%	0.6%(2)	90.3%(289)	3.4%(11)	0.0%(0)

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