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Rollings Middle School of the Arts
- A+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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 278 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 31% |
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.9% | 78.7% |
| 2023-24 | 84.8% | 72.9% |
Where Rollings Middle School of the Arts ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Dorchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #2 of 249 ▲ 3 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.9% | #2 of 249 ▲ 1 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 797 | #75 of 256 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #202 of 241 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #154 of 241 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.7% | #21 of 81 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 797 | 49 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 48.3 | 16.7:1 | 29% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 46.4 | 17.2:1 | 29% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 18% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 39.2 | 17.0:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 37 | 17.7:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 10% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 49 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (666 to 797); teachers up 25% (39.2 to 49).
About Rollings Middle School of the Arts
Rollings Middle School of the Arts is a mid-sized middle school found in Summerville, South Carolina. It has an enrollment of 797 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 622 students for middle schools in South Carolina.
Rollings Middle School of the Arts is in Dorchester 02, a district with 25,928 students across 25 schools.
At Rollings Middle School of the Arts, 66% of students are White. The remaining students are 16% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Dorchester County at about 62% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rollings Middle School of the Arts scores 53%.
There are about 16.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rollings Middle School of the Arts, which has 49. By comparison, the average for middle schools in South Carolina is 13.8:1.
Among South Carolina public middle schools, Rollings Middle School of the Arts outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
For the population of Dorchester County, the median household earns about $78,198 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Rollings Middle School of the Arts shares Dorchester County with 34 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Rollings Middle School of the Arts is closest to Sand Hill Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 774 to 797.
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