Crayton Middle

As a large middle-grades school, Crayton Middle serves students in Columbia, South Carolina. It teaches 952 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 53% more students than the average for middle schools in South Carolina (about 622).

In Richland 01, 47 schools enroll a combined 21,814 students.

No group is above 50% at Crayton Middle; the largest is White, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 40%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.

The school has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.0 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in South Carolina is about 13.8:1.

Crayton Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of South Carolina public middle schools.

In Richland County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $63,784 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Richland County number 104, with about 60,410 students.

Crayton Middle is about 0.5 miles from A. C. Flora High, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Crayton Middle is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 14.0:1 over the same years.

Crayton Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.