Chesnee Middle

Set in Chesnee, South Carolina, Chesnee Middle is an average-sized middle-grades school, one of the schools within Spartanburg 02. It educates 569 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 14 schools in Spartanburg 02 (11,806 students total), Chesnee Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Chesnee Middle lists that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Chesnee Middle higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Spartanburg County shows median household earnings sit near $66,234, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Spartanburg County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), Chesnee Middle is one campus in the mix.

Chesnee High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Chesnee Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 20%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 569 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Chesnee Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.