Lady's Island Middle

Located at 30 Cougar Drive, in Beaufort, South Carolina, Lady's Island Middle is an intimate middle school that enrolls 338 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Beaufort 01. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 622.

Beaufort 01 comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 21,050 students; Lady's Island Middle is among them.

Demographically, Lady's Island Middle shows that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Beaufort County shows median household earnings sit near $86,573, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Beaufort County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students), of which Lady's Island Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Beaufort High, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Lady's Island Middle operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 39%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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