W. G. Sanders Middle

Located at 3455 Pine Belt Road, in Columbia, South Carolina, W. G. Sanders Middle is a compact 6-8 campus that teaches 503 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Richland 01.

W. G. Sanders Middle is one of 47 schools operated by Richland 01, a district that hosts 21,814 students overall.

On demographics, W. G. Sanders Middle records that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, W. G. Sanders Middle records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, Richland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. W. G. Sanders Middle is one of 104 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students).

Bradley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W. G. Sanders Middle.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 9% across the same window.

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