Chester Middle

Chester Middle operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in Chester, South Carolina, operated by Chester 01. Current enrollment sits at 479 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 622.

Across the 11 schools in Chester 01 (4,523 students total), Chester Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Chester Middle records that Black students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school shows 24% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, Chester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,458 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Chester County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,523 students), Chester Middle is one campus in the mix.

Chester Park School Elementary of Inquiry is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chester Middle has decreased 13%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 3% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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