Pleasant Hill Middle

Pleasant Hill Middle is a reasonably sized middle school in Lexington, South Carolina, part of Lexington 01. The school instructs 750 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Pleasant Hill Middle sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Lexington 01 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 27,074 students; Pleasant Hill Middle is among them.

On demographics, Pleasant Hill Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lexington County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, Lexington County reports that median household income runs about $77,408, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lexington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), of which Pleasant Hill Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Pleasant Hill Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Hill Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Hill Middle has decreased 37%, going from 1,186 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 69%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.