South Charleston Middle School

South Charleston Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in West Virginia, with an address in South Charleston. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 354 students.

Kanawha County Schools runs 65 schools with a combined 23,485 students. South Charleston Middle School is one of them.

South Charleston Middle School is 70% White by enrollment. Other students are 14% multiracial and 12% Black. By comparison, Kanawha County residents are about 86% White. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.7:1, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 13.3:1 average for middle schools in West Virginia.

County data help place the school in context: in Kanawha County, the median household income is $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kanawha County is home to 70 public schools and about 25,173 public school students.

The closest public school, Montrose Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles from South Charleston Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school enrolled 354 students in 2024-25, 28 fewer than the 382 it had in 2020-21.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for South Charleston Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.