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Berry Shoals Intermediate
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 430 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 466 | 52% |
Test scores
SC READY 2023-24 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42.
Where Berry Shoals Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Spartanburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #41 of 249 | #2 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #69 of 249 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #48 of 256 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #158 of 241 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #119 of 241 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #5 of 6 | N/A |
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 896 | 63 | 14.2:1 | 56% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 902 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 56% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 39% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 36% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 36% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 42% (230) |
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (670 to 896); teachers up 47% (43 to 63).
About Berry Shoals Intermediate
The public middle-grades school Berry Shoals Intermediate is located in Duncan, South Carolina. Total enrollment is 896 students, and the grades served are 5 through 6. Middle schools in South Carolina have about 622 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Spartanburg 05 oversees Berry Shoals Intermediate and 14 other schools, with 11,962 students in total.
The student body at Berry Shoals Intermediate is 59% White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Berry Shoals Intermediate has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.8:1. Middle schools in South Carolina have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%. The rate at public schools in Spartanburg County averages 69%, higher than here.
In Spartanburg County, median household income comes to about $66,234, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 88, with about 58,477 students.
Among nearby public schools, Berry Shoals Elementary is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Berry Shoals Intermediate.
Under the NCES locale system, Berry Shoals Intermediate is Suburb: Mid-size.
The school's student count increased 34% between the 2017-18 and 2023-24 school years. The White share was 71% in 2017-18 and 59% in 2023-24. By 2023-24, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.6 in 2017-18.
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