Deer Park Middle

Deer Park Middle, an intimate 6-8 campus in North Charleston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Charleston 01, caters to 315 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 622 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Deer Park Middle is one of 81 schools operated by Charleston 01, a district that instructs 52,009 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Deer Park Middle reports that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Charleston County put median household earnings sit near $88,494, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which Deer Park Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: GREEN Charter School Lowcountry, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deer Park Middle.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deer Park Middle has ticked down 44%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 18% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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