Middle · South Carolina

Denmark-Olar Middle

Free meals for all

Denmark-Olar Middle, a public middle school in Denmark, South Carolina: grades 6–8, 144 students, 16.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bamberg 03.

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
144
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
16.0
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Smaller than 91% 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%

27%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 54% · 250 middle schools compared

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

Math

South Carolina: 44%

5.0%proficient

+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 30% · 250 middle schools compared

140 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
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bamberg 03.

Location

Address
1437 Church St, Denmark, SC 29042
Phone
(803)793-3383
City or town
Denmark

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Bamberg-Ehrhardt MiddleFree meals for all
7–818810.444%24%
Carver Edisto MiddleFree meals for all
6–843912.833%12%
Barnwell ElementaryFree meals for all
4–642514.557%40%
Guinyard-Butler MiddleFree meals for all
7–833516.846%15%
6–81499.954%30%
William J. Clark MiddleFree meals for all
6–858713.031%11%

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.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 450391600123