South Charleston Middle School

Located at 400 3rd Ave, in South Charleston, West Virginia, South Charleston Middle School is a compact 6-8 campus that instructs 354 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Kanawha County Schools.

Within Kanawha County Schools, which oversees 61 schools and 23,085 students, South Charleston Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, South Charleston Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% multiracial, 12% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kanawha County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,943 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kanawha County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students), of which South Charleston Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Montrose Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

South Charleston Middle School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 76% to 70%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.