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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 29150

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1,264

Students

Top rankedAlice Drive Middle146^th of 320 South Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Bates Middle up 45 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 29150 zip code area in South Carolina is home to two middle schools: Alice Drive Middle and Bates Middle. Based on the available data, Alice Drive Middle stands out as the stronger-performing school, consistently outpacing the district and state averages on various academic measures.

Alice Drive Middle has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it in the top half of middle schools in South Carolina, while Bates Middle has a 1-star rating. Alice Drive Middle's students demonstrate higher proficiency rates in subjects like English Language Arts and Algebra, with 55.4% of 6th graders proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.3% for the Sumter 01 district and 56% for the state. Additionally, Alice Drive Middle's Algebra 1/Math for the Technologies 2 end-of-course proficiency rate was 100% in 2024-2025, significantly higher than the district (57.92%) and state (73.95%) averages.

Both schools face challenges, such as high chronic absenteeism rates of 22.5% in 2023-2024, which is above the state average. Additionally, 100% of students at both schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population. While Alice Drive Middle spends $10,568 per student, Bates Middle spends $12,451 per student, raising questions about the effective allocation of resources and the factors contributing to the performance differences between the two schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)			SC READY Mathematics (2025)			SC READY Science (2025)	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Alice Drive Middle	Public	6-8	40 Miller Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0821	783	47	16.6		235 (30.0%)	439 (56.1%)	42 (5.4%)	25 (3.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.9%)	49.7	146^th of 320 public middle schools	54.4%		38.4	190^th of 325 public middle schools	41.5%	44	55.4	56.0	57.1	33.8	28.2	27.0	48.7	100.0	$12,758	$756	$1,028	$1,784	$9,615	$1,358	$10,974
Bates Middle	Public	6-8	715 Estate Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0711	481	37	13.1		97 (20.2%)	334 (69.4%)	18 (3.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.2%)	17.1	268^th of 320 public middle schools	16.3%		9.5	313^th of 325 public middle schools	3.7%	45	37.4	40.4	41.5	17.6	11.6	20.5	19.7	96.6	$14,974	$1,022	$1,459	$2,482	$10,488	$2,004	$12,493

Cities Near Zip Code 29150

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sumter	3.35 mi	21	180^th
Turbeville	10.21 mi	4	71^st
Manning	10.97 mi	11	160^th
New Zion	12.49 mi	3	38^th
Mayesville	14.39 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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