Lake Marion Middle

At 3656 Tee Vee Road in Santee, South Carolina, Lake Marion Middle operates as a small middle-grades school. The school enrolls 501 students in grades 6 through 8.

Lake Marion Middle is one school in Orangeburg, a system of 27 schools with 10,462 students.

Lake Marion Middle is 86% Black by enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% White, 4% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Orangeburg County's population at about 61%. The diversity index for Lake Marion Middle is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

A staff of 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.2:1. The 13.8:1 average for middle schools in South Carolina is close to this figure.

Census data for Orangeburg County show the median household earns about $45,675 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Orangeburg County number 34, with about 11,507 students.

Measured in a straight line, Lake Marion High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Lake Marion Middle. Other public schools within ten miles: 4.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lake Marion Middle. Members of the school community can share what they know.