Rainbow Lake Middle

Rainbow Lake Middle, a roomy junior high in Chesnee, South Carolina, part of Spartanburg 02, hosts 973 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 622.

Spartanburg 02 comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,806 students; Rainbow Lake Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Rainbow Lake Middle lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rainbow Lake Middle has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Rainbow Lake Middle higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Spartanburg County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,234 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which Rainbow Lake Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Oakland Elementary, roughly 2.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rainbow Lake Middle has ticked up 40%, going from 696 students in 2018 to 973 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 72% to 58% over that span.

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