R. P. Dawkins Middle

R. P. Dawkins Middle is a middle school of mid-tier scale in Moore, South Carolina, one of the schools within Spartanburg 06, works with 800 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 622.

Within Spartanburg 06, which oversees 14 schools and 11,714 students, R. P. Dawkins Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, R. P. Dawkins Middle logs that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Spartanburg County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, Spartanburg County reports that median household income runs about $66,234, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which R. P. Dawkins Middle is one.

Anderson Mill Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 875 students in 2018 compared to 800 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 38% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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