Manning Junior High
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
About Manning Junior High
Set in Manning, South Carolina, Manning Junior High is a low-enrollment junior high, one of the schools within Clarendon 06. It educates 483 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 622.
Across the 10 schools in Clarendon 06 (4,368 students total), Manning Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Manning Junior High lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 27% White, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Manning Junior High records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Clarendon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,401 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Clarendon County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,423 students), Manning Junior High is one campus in the mix.
Manning Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
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