Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle

Set in Johnston, South Carolina, Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle is a close-knit middle school, overseen by Edgefield 01. It hosts 394 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle sits 37% below that benchmark.

Edgefield 01 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,069 students; Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle records that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 34% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. 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 Edgefield County indicate median household income runs about $73,029, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Edgefield County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,862 students), of which Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Strom Thurmond High, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle has contracted 20%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 5% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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