Alice Drive Middle

Alice Drive Middle, a reasonably sized junior high in Sumter, South Carolina, operated by Sumter 01, instructs 783 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 26% bigger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 622 students.

Sumter 01 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,871 students; Alice Drive Middle is among them.

On demographics, Alice Drive Middle logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 46%.

On the income-and-resources front, Alice Drive Middle records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sumter County) shows that median household income runs about $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Sumter County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students), Alice Drive Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alice Drive Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Alice Drive Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 1,000 students in 2018 compared to 783 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Alice Drive Middle community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.