A. R. Rucker Middle

A. R. Rucker Middle is an intermediate school of close-knit scale in Lancaster, South Carolina, part of Lancaster 01, caters to 477 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so A. R. Rucker Middle sits 23% below that benchmark.

A. R. Rucker Middle is one of 22 schools operated by Lancaster 01, a district that educates 15,417 students overall.

On demographics, A. R. Rucker Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, A. R. Rucker Middle lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $78,869 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lancaster County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,417 students), A. R. Rucker Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clinton Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. A. R. Rucker Middle's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 477). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 54% to 50%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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