Ralph Chandler Middle

Located at 4231 Fork Shoals Road, in Simpsonville, South Carolina, Ralph Chandler Middle is a moderately sized middle school that works with 763 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Greenville 01. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Ralph Chandler Middle sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Within Greenville 01, which oversees 89 schools and 78,776 students, Ralph Chandler Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ralph Chandler Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Greenville County put the typical household earns roughly $76,932 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Ralph Chandler Middle is one of 109 public schools in Greenville County (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students).

The closest other public school is Fork Shoals School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ralph Chandler Middle's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 743 (now 763). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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