Holly Hill-Roberts Middle

Holly Hill-Roberts Middle is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Holly Hill, South Carolina, with a student population of 418. The school is part of the Orangeburg School District, which is ranked 65 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Holly Hill-Roberts Middle consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages in standardized test scores for both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school has been ranked in the bottom 20% of South Carolina middle schools for the past three school years, with rankings between 265-288 out of 325 schools. This low ranking is consistent across different student subgroups, including female, male, African American, low socioeconomic status, and disabled students. The school maintains a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

While Holly Hill-Roberts Middle's overall performance is low, the nearby schools, St. George Middle and Harleyville-Ridgeville Middle, which also serve predominantly economically disadvantaged student populations, perform better academically than Holly Hill-Roberts Middle. Additionally, the school's African American students perform relatively better compared to other subgroups, suggesting that the school may be providing some targeted support or interventions for this student population.