Banks Trail Middle

Banks Trail Middle, a reasonably sized intermediate school in Fort Mill, South Carolina, run under York 04, educates 638 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

York 04 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 18,445 students. Banks Trail Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Banks Trail Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for York County put median household earnings sit near $89,095, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across York County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,364 students), Banks Trail Middle is one campus in the mix.

River Trail Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Banks Trail Middle.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Banks Trail Middle's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 742 (now 638). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 71% to 59%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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