Northside Middle

Northside Middle, a tight-knit middle-grades school in West Columbia, South Carolina, one of the schools within Lexington 02, works with 528 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 12 schools in Lexington 02 (8,465 students total), Northside Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Northside Middle reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 24% Black, 23% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Northside Middle tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Lexington County reports that median household income runs about $77,408, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lexington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), of which Northside Middle is one.

Riverbank Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 566 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.