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Enrollment
637
Middle
DISTRICT 753 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY 01·NCES 450117001166
Sangaree Middle
1050 Discovery Drive, Ladson, SC 29445 · (843) 821-4028 · Berkeley County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of South Carolina public middle schools
- CTest 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
15.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 216 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
48.5%
SC avg 59.7% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
SC avg 44.2% . +6.7pp 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 24 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 17.0% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Sangaree Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Berkeley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #164 of 249 ▲ 30 | #7 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #158 of 249 ▲ 21 | #7 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #120 of 256 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #194 of 241 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #10 of 241 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #53 of 137 | #2 of 6 |
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
637
-193 (-23%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 637 | 40 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 38.5 | 17.7:1 | 75% (511) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 49 | 16.9:1 | 55% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 48 | 17.3:1 | 40% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 60% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 60% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 51% (359) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sangaree Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (747 to 637); teachers down 13% (46 to 40).
About Sangaree Middle
Sangaree Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school serving families in Ladson, South Carolina. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 637 students.
Berkeley 01 enrolls 39,543 students, and its 47 schools include Sangaree Middle.
White students make up 42% of enrollment at Sangaree Middle, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. In Berkeley County overall, about 62% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
With 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.9:1. Middle schools in South Carolina average 13.8:1, 2.1 fewer students per teacher than here.
Among South Carolina public middle schools, Sangaree Middle outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The school is in Berkeley County, where the median household earns about $84,358 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Sangaree Middle shares Berkeley County with 48 other public schools.
Sangaree Middle's closest public school neighbor is Sangaree Intermediate, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Sangaree Middle holds at least 8 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, Sangaree Middle is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 637 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 830. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.3:1 in 2020-21 to 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Berkeley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,802
Census ACS
Median income
$84,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
40,966 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Ladson
- Ladson ElementaryElementary · 907 students
- Oakbrook MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- Joseph R. Pye ElementaryElementary · 775 students
- College Park ElementaryElementary · 750 students
- College Park MiddleMiddle · 666 students
- Oakbrook ElementaryElementary · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Sangaree Intermediate0.5 mi · 521
- Sangaree Elementary0.6 mi · 578
- College Park Middle1.2 mi · 666
- College Park Elementary1.3 mi · 750
- Stratford High1.6 mi · 2,605
- Devon Forest Elementary2.1 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Sangaree MiddleHow many students attend Sangaree Middle?
Sangaree Middle enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sangaree Middle serve?
Sangaree Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sangaree Middle have?
Sangaree Middle employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Sangaree Middle?
Student demographics at Sangaree Middle are roughly 42% White, 17% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Sangaree Middle public or private?
Sangaree Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berkeley 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.