Laing Middle

Laing Middle operates as a large junior high in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, run under Charleston 01. Current enrollment sits at 986 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% bigger than the state mean of about 622.

Charleston 01 comprises 81 schools with combined enrollment of 52,009 students; Laing Middle is among them.

On demographics, Laing Middle logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Charleston County indicate median household income runs about $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Laing Middle is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Jennie Moore Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laing Middle.

Laing Middle operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 1,258 students in 2018 compared to 986 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.