L. E. Gable Middle

Located at 198 Ott Shoals Road, in Roebuck, South Carolina, L. E. Gable Middle is a mid-tier junior high that caters to 760 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Spartanburg 06. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 622 students.

Across the 14 schools in Spartanburg 06 (11,714 students total), L. E. Gable Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, L. E. Gable Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 23% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, L. E. Gable Middle lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Spartanburg County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,234, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which L. E. Gable Middle is one.

Dorman High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. L. E. Gable Middle's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 760). The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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