Middle · South Carolina

Alice Drive Middle

Free meals for all

Alice Drive Middle, a public middle school in Sumter, South Carolina: grades 6–8, 783 students, 16.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Sumter 01.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 783
Teachers (FTE): 47.0
Students per teacher: 16.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

More students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 67% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Larger than 77% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

South Carolina: 60%

56%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 56% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 54% · 250 middle schools compared

762 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

30%proficient

+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 30% · 250 middle schools compared

763 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Sumter 01

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Sumter 01.

Location

Address: 40 Miller Road, Sumter, SC 29150
Phone: (803)775-0821
City or town: Sumter
County: Sumter County

Quality of life in Sumter Schools in Sumter

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Bates MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	481	13.2	40%	17%	2.7 mi
Chestnut Oaks MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	339	16.1	31%	5.5%	4.0 mi
Ebenezer MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	352	13.0	36%	14%	5.9 mi
Hillcrest MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	365	14.6	54%	23%	8.4 mi
Furman MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	700	17.1	39%	13%	8.5 mi
Manning Junior HighFree meals for all	6–8	483	16.7	48%	22%	18.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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