Spaulding Middle

As a minimally staffed junior high in Lamar, South Carolina, Spaulding Middle instructs 228 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Darlington 01. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Spaulding Middle sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in Darlington 01 (8,793 students total), Spaulding Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Spaulding Middle logs that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 34% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Darlington County as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Darlington County put median household income runs about $48,581, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spaulding Middle is one of 21 public schools in Darlington County (combined enrollment of about 9,482 students).

Lamar High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Spaulding Middle.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Spaulding Middle's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 228). Over the same period, the White share declined from 44% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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