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Enrollment
1,464
Middle
DISTRICT 753 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY 01·NCES 450117001608
Cane Bay Middle
1175 Cane Bay Boulevard, Summerville, SC 29486 · (843) 899-1857 · Berkeley County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,464 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of South Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test 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
18.1:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · 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 5 | 270 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 400 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 409 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 385 | 26% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
62.6%
SC avg 59.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
32.9%
SC avg 44.2% . -1.5pp since 2023
What 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 33 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.6% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 34.4% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Cane Bay Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Berkeley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #112 of 249 ▼ 10 | #4 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #68 of 249 ▼ 7 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,464 | #2 of 256 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #234 of 241 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #100 of 241 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.8% | #5 of 81 | N/A |
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
1,464
+83 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,464 | 81 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 1,475 | 86 | 17.1:1 | 43% (637) |
| 2022-23 | 1,487 | 81 | 18.4:1 | 29% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 1,381 | 79 | 17.5:1 | 28% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 1,018 | 55 | 18.5:1 | 34% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 47% (361) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cane Bay Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (1,018 to 1,464); teachers up 47% (55 to 81).
About Cane Bay Middle
Cane Bay Middle is a large middle school serving families in Summerville, South Carolina. Its enrollment is 1,464 students, spread over grades 5 through 8. That compares with an average of about 622 students for middle schools in South Carolina.
The district for Cane Bay Middle is Berkeley 01, with 47 schools and 39,543 students.
Of every 100 students at Cane Bay Middle, about 56 are White. The school is also 20% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cane Bay Middle scores 62%.
The school has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.1 students per teacher. Middle schools in South Carolina average 13.8:1, 4.3 fewer students per teacher than here.
Cane Bay Middle holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of South Carolina public middle schools.
For Berkeley County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $84,358, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 49 public schools in the county, enrolling about 40,966, Cane Bay Middle among them.
Cane Bay Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Cane Bay Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,464, compared with 1,381 in 2020-21.
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Berkeley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,802
Census ACS
Median income
$84,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
40,966 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley 01
- Stratford HighHigh · 2,605 students
- Cane Bay HighHigh · 2,412 students
- Berkeley HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Goose Creek HighHigh · 1,973 students
- Berkeley MiddleMiddle · 1,477 students
- Whitesville ElementaryElementary · 1,239 students
Other schools in Summerville
- Summerville HighHigh · 3,361 students
- Ashley Ridge HighHigh · 2,599 students
- Cane Bay HighHigh · 2,412 students
- Sand Hill ElementaryElementary · 1,169 students
- Cane Bay ElementaryElementary · 1,161 students
- Beech Hill ElementaryElementary · 1,079 students
Nearby schools
- Cane Bay Elementary0.1 mi · 1,161
- Cane Bay High0.3 mi · 2,412
- Berkeley Preparatory Academy2.8 mi · 764
- Carolyn Lewis School2.8 mi · 1,078
- Nexton Elementary3.4 mi · 944
- Sangaree Elementary5.0 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Cane Bay MiddleHow many students attend Cane Bay Middle?
Cane Bay Middle enrolls approximately 1,464 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Cane Bay Middle serve?
Cane Bay Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cane Bay Middle?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Cane Bay Middle.
How diverse is Cane Bay Middle?
Cane Bay Middle reports a student body of 56% White, 11% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Cane Bay Middle?
Cane Bay Middle is overseen by Berkeley 01 in Berkeley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.