Furman Middle

Furman Middle operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Sumter, South Carolina, overseen by Sumter 01. Current enrollment sits at 700 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Sumter 01 runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,871 students. Furman Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Furman Middle records that 58% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 30% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 46% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Sumter County shows median household earnings sit near $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Sumter County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students), of which Furman Middle is one.

Pocalla Springs Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Furman Middle operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 752 students in 2018 compared to 700 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 40% to 30%.

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