Long Middle

Located at 1010 West Green Street, in Cheraw, South Carolina, Long Middle is an intimate middle-grades school that enrolls 406 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Chesterfield 01. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Long Middle sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Chesterfield 01 runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 6,872 students. Long Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Long Middle reports that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 33% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, Long Middle shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Chesterfield County) reports that median household income runs about $49,235, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Long Middle is one of 16 public schools in Chesterfield County (combined enrollment of about 6,872 students).

The closest other public school is Cheraw Intermediate, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Long Middle has declined 8%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.