Hilton Head Island Middle

Hilton Head Island Middle, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, overseen by Beaufort 01, caters to 778 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 622 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Within Beaufort 01, which oversees 32 schools and 21,050 students, Hilton Head Island Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hilton Head Island Middle logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, Beaufort County reports that median household income runs about $86,573, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Beaufort County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students), of which Hilton Head Island Middle is one.

Hilton Head Island High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 1,003 students in 2018 compared to 778 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 41% to 31%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Hilton Head Island Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.