Enrollment
259
Middle
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEORGETOWN 01·NCES 450228000555
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy
13000 Choppee Road, Hemingway, SC 29554 · (843) 545-0918 · Georgetown County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of South Carolina public middle schools
- C-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
10.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
0
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 | 79 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
SC avg 59.7% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
SC avg 44.2% . -4.1pp 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 13 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 17.0% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #220 of 249 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #200 of 249 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #232 of 256 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #17 of 241 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #176 of 241 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #110 of 137 |
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
259
-65 (-20%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 259 | 23.8 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 23.5 | 11.2:1 | 100% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 18.5 | 14.8:1 | 100% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 100% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 85% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 80% (401) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (273 to 259); teachers up 28% (18.5 to 23.8).
About Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy is a small middle school in South Carolina, located in Hemingway. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 259 students enrolled. It has 58% fewer students than the average for middle schools in South Carolina (about 622).
Georgetown 01, which runs Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy, has 19 schools and 8,208 students.
At Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy, 64% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 31% White and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Georgetown County is about 28% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
There are 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.9:1. The average for middle schools in South Carolina, 13.8:1, is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy lands at C-, ahead of 16% of South Carolina public middle schools.
In Georgetown County, home to about 64,811 people, median household income comes to about $68,713, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,208, Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy among them.
Carvers Bay Early College and Career High, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within ten miles.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 259, compared with 324 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 10.9:1.
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Georgetown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,811
Census ACS
Median income
$68,713
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,208 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Georgetown 01
- Georgetown HighHigh · 918 students
- Waccamaw HighHigh · 808 students
- Georgetown MiddleMiddle · 671 students
- Andrews ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- Kensington ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Waccamaw ElementaryElementary · 543 students
Other schools in Hemingway
- Carvers Bay Early College and Career HighHigh · 399 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary STREAM AcademyElementary · 301 students
- Hemingway ElementaryElementary · 269 students
- Hemingway HighHigh · 189 students
- Hemingway MB Lee MiddleMiddle · 131 students
- Hemingway Career and Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Carvers Bay Early College and Career High0.3 mi · 399
- Pleasant Hill Elementary STREAM Academy5.1 mi · 301
- Brown's Ferry Elementary School for the Creative and Perform7.8 mi · 163
- Plantersville Elementary Digital Immersion School8.7 mi · 78
- Hemingway High11.8 mi · 189
- Hemingway MB Lee Middle11.8 mi · 131
Frequently asked questions
About Carvers Bay Middle STEAM AcademyHow large is Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy?
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 259 students in grades 06-08.
Is Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy is approximately 10.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy?
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy reports a student body of 31% White, 3% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy?
Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy is overseen by Georgetown 01 in Georgetown County.
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