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Mid-Carolina Middle
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 down about 4 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mid-Carolina Middle
Set in Prosperity, South Carolina, Mid-Carolina Middle is a medium-sized intermediate school, overseen by Newberry 01. It hosts 553 students across grades 6 through 8.
Newberry 01 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,714 students. Mid-Carolina Middle is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Mid-Carolina Middle lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Newberry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,780 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Newberry County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,714 students), of which Mid-Carolina Middle is one.
The closest other public school is Mid-Carolina High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mid-Carolina Middle has edged down 6%, going from 588 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
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Related schools
- Newberry HighHigh · 837 students
- Mid-Carolina HighHigh · 681 students
- Newberry MiddleMiddle · 629 students
- Boundary St. ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Newberry ElementaryElementary · 421 students
- Gallman ElementaryElementary · 408 students
- Mid-Carolina HighHigh · 681 students
- Prosperity-Rikard ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- Mid-Carolina High0.2 mi · 681
- Prosperity-Rikard Elementary2.7 mi · 386
- Little Mountain Elementary3.8 mi · 367
- Pomaria-Garmany Elementary5.2 mi · 339
- Piney Woods Elementary7.4 mi · 511
- Newberry High8.0 mi · 837