Ebenezer Middle

Set in Sumter, South Carolina, Ebenezer Middle is a low-enrollment junior high, overseen by Sumter 01. It works with 352 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 622 students.

Across the 24 schools in Sumter 01 (13,871 students total), Ebenezer Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ebenezer Middle lists that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sumter County as a whole is about 46% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sumter County indicate median household income runs about $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sumter County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students), of which Ebenezer Middle is one.

Hillcrest Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 73% to 79%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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