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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the R. H. Fulmer Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
526
Middle
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON 02·NCES 450273001273
R. H. Fulmer Middle
1614 Walterboro St., West Columbia, SC 29170 · (803) 822-5660 · Lexington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of South Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 151 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 177 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 38% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
SC avg 59.7% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
SC avg 44.2% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 29.8% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where R. H. Fulmer Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Lexington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #119 of 249 ▲ 6 | #8 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #155 of 249 ▲ 15 | #11 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #150 of 256 | #12 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #22 of 241 | #2 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #28 of 241 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #70 of 137 | #6 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
526
-140 (-21%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 526 | 47 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 44.2 | 12.4:1 | 100% (548) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 100% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 61% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 66% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 61% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 59% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 43% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. H. Fulmer Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (598 to 526); teachers up 2% (46 to 47).
About R. H. Fulmer Middle
R. H. Fulmer Middle is a small middle school located in West Columbia, South Carolina. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 526 students enrolled.
Lexington 02 has 12 schools and 8,465 students, and R. H. Fulmer Middle is one of those schools.
R. H. Fulmer Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Other reported shares: 33% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 72% White among all Lexington County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 47 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for middle schools in South Carolina.
Measured against South Carolina public middle schools, R. H. Fulmer Middle receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In the county around the school, Lexington County, the median household income is $77,408, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Lexington County is home to 76 public schools and about 64,555 public school students.
The school nearest to R. H. Fulmer Middle is Airport High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 526, a 21% decrease from 666 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 14.5:1 to 11.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lexington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
304,887
Census ACS
Median income
$77,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lexington 02
- Airport HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Brookland-Cayce HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Riverbank ElementaryElementary · 996 students
- Cayce ElementaryElementary · 977 students
- Herbert A. Wood ElementaryElementary · 938 students
- Northside MiddleMiddle · 528 students
Other schools in West Columbia
- South Carolina Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 2,180 students
- Airport HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Riverbank ElementaryElementary · 996 students
- Herbert A. Wood ElementaryElementary · 938 students
- Gray Collegiate AcademyHigh · 935 students
- White Knoll MiddleMiddle · 693 students
Nearby schools
- Airport High0.2 mi · 1,272
- Midlands Middle College0.5 mi · 115
- Springdale Elementary1.3 mi · 443
- South Carolina Virtual Charter School1.9 mi · 2,180
- Herbert A. Wood Elementary2.5 mi · 938
- Pine Ridge Middle2.6 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About R. H. Fulmer MiddleHow large is R. H. Fulmer Middle?
R. H. Fulmer Middle enrolls approximately 526 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does R. H. Fulmer Middle serve?
R. H. Fulmer Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at R. H. Fulmer Middle?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at R. H. Fulmer Middle.
How diverse is R. H. Fulmer Middle?
R. H. Fulmer Middle reports a student body of 42% White, 17% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees R. H. Fulmer Middle?
R. H. Fulmer Middle is overseen by Lexington 02 in Lexington County.
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