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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bates Middle this year?
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Enrollment
481
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMTER 01·NCES 450390201064
Bates Middle
715 Estate Street, Sumter, SC 29150 · (803) 775-0711 · Sumter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of South Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 155 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 36% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
SC avg 59.7% . +13.9pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
SC avg 44.2% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 8.5% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Bates Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Sumter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #203 of 249 ▲ 33 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #197 of 249 ▲ 41 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #160 of 256 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #91 of 241 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #182 of 241 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #18 of 137 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
481
-176 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 481 | 36.5 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 100% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 100% (657) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 100% (653) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 100% (664) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bates Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (653 to 481); teachers down 13% (42 to 36.5).
About Bates Middle
Bates Middle is a public middle school run by Sumter 01 in Sumter, South Carolina. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 481 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 622 students for middle schools in South Carolina.
Sumter 01 is the district for Bates Middle. It has 24 schools and 13,871 students.
The share of Black students at Bates Middle is 69%, a majority. The school is also 20% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 46% Black share among all Sumter County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Its ratio of 13.2:1 is based on 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for middle schools in South Carolina.
Among South Carolina public middle schools, Bates Middle outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
For the population of Sumter County, the median household earns about $56,693 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Bates Middle shares Sumter County with 26 other public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Wilder Elementary, is the closest to Bates Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bates Middle.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 27%. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 17.3 in 2020-21.
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Sumter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,725
Census ACS
Median income
$56,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,608 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumter 01
- Sumter High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Crestwood HighHigh · 1,105 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Alice Drive MiddleMiddle · 783 students
- Furman MiddleMiddle · 700 students
- Pocalla Springs ElementaryElementary · 609 students
Other schools in Sumter
- Sumter High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Crestwood HighHigh · 1,105 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Alice Drive MiddleMiddle · 783 students
- Liberty STEAM Charter SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Furman MiddleMiddle · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Wilder Elementary0.5 mi · 299
- Kingsbury Elementary1.3 mi · 514
- Liberty STEAM Charter School1.3 mi · 730
- Lemira Elementary1.7 mi · 342
- Millwood Elementary2.1 mi · 602
- Sumter High School2.4 mi · 2,122
Frequently asked questions
About Bates MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Bates Middle?
Bates Middle enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bates Middle serve?
Bates Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bates Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bates Middle is approximately 13.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bates Middle?
Student demographics at Bates Middle are roughly 20% White, 4% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bates Middle in?
Bates Middle is part of Sumter 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.