D. R. Hill Middle

D. R. Hill Middle is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in Lyman, South Carolina, one of the schools within Spartanburg 05, with 562 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Spartanburg 05 runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 11,962 students. D. R. Hill Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, D. R. Hill Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Spartanburg County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Across the wider county, Spartanburg County reports that median household income runs about $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. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which D. R. Hill Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Lyman Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

D. R. Hill Middle operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 629 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 11% to 18%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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