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White Knoll Middle
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 224 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 247 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 222 | 32% |
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 23.4% |
Where White Knoll Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Lexington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #185 of 249 ▼ 21 | #16 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #149 of 249 ▲ 16 | #10 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #105 of 256 | #9 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #75 of 241 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #72 of 241 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #80 of 137 | #7 of 11 |
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 | 693 | 54 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 61.5 | 11.3:1 | 63% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 816 | 66.2 | 12.3:1 | 52% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 60 | 13.6:1 | 58% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 55 | 14.1:1 | 49% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 51% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 54 | 14.6:1 | 48% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 1,316 | 87 | 15.1:1 | 26% (346) |
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (776 to 693); teachers down 2% (55 to 54).
About White Knoll Middle
A mid-sized middle school in West Columbia, South Carolina, White Knoll Middle is part of Lexington 01. The school has 693 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Within Lexington 01, White Knoll Middle is one of 31 schools. The district enrolls 27,074 students.
Of every 100 students at White Knoll Middle, about 52 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, White Knoll Middle scores 65%.
White Knoll Middle lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.8 students per teacher. Across middle schools in South Carolina, the average ratio is 13.8:1.
On the allk12 Grade, White Knoll Middle lands at C, ahead of 33% of South Carolina public middle schools.
In Lexington County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,408 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Lexington County number 76, with about 64,555 students.
Of the public schools around it, White Knoll Middle is closest to White Knoll Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. White Knoll Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
NCES assigns White Knoll Middle the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 120 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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