Midlands STEM Charter School

Midlands STEM Charter School is a combined-grade school of one-room-style scale in Winnsboro, South Carolina, overseen by Charter Institute at Erskine, educateing 306 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 1,077 students each, so Midlands STEM Charter School sits 72% below that benchmark.

Charter Institute at Erskine comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 28,041 students; Midlands STEM Charter School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Midlands STEM Charter School records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 39% Black. By comparison, Fairfield County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Midlands STEM Charter School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fairfield County indicate median household income runs about $47,885, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Fairfield County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,409 students), of which Midlands STEM Charter School is one.

Fairfield Central High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site. Midlands STEM Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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