Hartsville Middle

Set in Hartsville, South Carolina, Hartsville Middle is a medium-sized middle school, one of the schools within Darlington 01. It instructs 801 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Hartsville Middle sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

Darlington 01 comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 8,793 students; Hartsville Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hartsville Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 38% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hartsville Middle has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, Darlington County reports that median household earnings sit near $48,581, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Hartsville Middle is one of 21 public schools in Darlington County (combined enrollment of about 9,482 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bay Road Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hartsville Middle.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Hartsville Middle's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,036 (now 801). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 49% to 44%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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