Middle · South Carolina

William J. Clark Middle

Free meals for all

William J. Clark Middle, a public middle school in Orangeburg, South Carolina: grades 6–8, 587 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Orangeburg.

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: 587
Teachers (FTE): 45.0
Students per teacher: 13.0
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 52% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Larger than 57% 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%

31%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 96% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 54% · 250 middle schools compared

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

Math

South Carolina: 44%

11%proficient

−1.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 30% · 250 middle schools compared

596 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: Distant town
Run by: Orangeburg

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

Location

Address: 919 Bennett Avenue, Orangeburg, SC 29115
Phone: (803)531-2200
City or town: Orangeburg
County: Orangeburg County

Quality of life in Orangeburg Schools in Orangeburg

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
Robert E. Howard MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	396	15.5	39%	18%	1.6 mi
Carver Edisto MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	439	12.8	33%	12%	9.4 mi
Bamberg-Ehrhardt MiddleFree meals for all	7–8	188	10.4	44%	24%	17.0 mi
Denmark-Olar MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	144	16.0	27%	5.0%	19.3 mi
Lake Marion MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	501	14.2	35%	9.1%	20.5 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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