Lee Central Middle

Located at 41 Charlene Lane, in Bishopville, South Carolina, Lee Central Middle is a modestly sized middle-grades school that enrolls 288 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Lee 01. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 622.

Across the 5 schools in Lee 01 (1,275 students total), Lee Central Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lee Central Middle logs that nearly all students (88%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 8% White, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Lee Central Middle records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,760, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Lee Central Middle is one of 7 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 1,485 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lee Central High, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lee Central Middle operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 34%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.