Batesburg-Leesville Middle School

Set in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina, Batesburg-Leesville Middle School is a low-enrollment junior high, run under Lexington 03. It instructs 462 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Batesburg-Leesville Middle School sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Lexington 03 (1,961 students total), Batesburg-Leesville Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Batesburg-Leesville Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 26% Black, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lexington County put median household income runs about $77,408, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lexington County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), Batesburg-Leesville Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Batesburg-Leesville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 20% across the same window.

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