Simmons Pinckney Middle

Simmons Pinckney Middle is a middle school in Charleston, South Carolina, according to federal school records. It educates 190 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 69% smaller than the 622 average for middle schools in South Carolina.

Charleston 01 enrolls 52,009 students in 81 schools, including Simmons Pinckney Middle.

Black students are the large majority at Simmons Pinckney Middle, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Charleston County residents are about 23% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Simmons Pinckney Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.

Its 25 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 7.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in South Carolina is 13.8:1, higher than at this school.

allk12 grades Simmons Pinckney Middle an F. The grade compares the school only with South Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Simmons Pinckney Middle is located in Charleston County, where median household income is about $88,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Simmons Pinckney Middle is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County, which together enroll about 55,933 students.

The closest public school to Simmons Pinckney Middle is Burke High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Simmons Pinckney Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale data from NCES put Simmons Pinckney Middle inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).

Federal counts put enrollment at 264 in 2020-21 and 190 in 2024-25, a 28% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.6:1) than in 2020-21 (9.8:1).

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