Summary:
Zip code 29325 in South Carolina is home to exactly one middle school, Clinton Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 580 students in the Laurens 56 district.
Clinton Middle presents a mixed picture for parents. The school’s greatest strength is its advanced math program: students taking the Algebra 1 End-of-Course exam post a remarkable 91.31% proficiency rate, far exceeding the state average of 73.95%. However, this success does not extend to standard math classes. In the most recent SC READY testing, only about 33% of students across grades 6-8 were proficient in math, a roughly 20-point gap compared to English Language Arts, where proficiency averages around 52.5%. This suggests the school excels at pushing its top math students while the general student body struggles with grade-level math concepts. The school’s overall state ranking has been stable, hovering between the 38th and 43rd percentiles over the past three years, indicating consistent but mid-tier performance relative to other South Carolina middle schools.
Parents should also note some specific trends. Eighth-grade math proficiency dropped sharply to 22.2% in 2024-2025 before recovering to 34.7% the following year, signaling volatility in that transition year. Similarly, 8th-grade ELA scores fell by 12 points year-over-year, from 55.4% to 43.2%, while 6th and 7th grades improved. The school invests heavily in its students, spending $14,964 per pupil with a low student-teacher ratio of 11.4, yet this has not translated into top-tier rankings. Chronic absenteeism sits at 21.1%, slightly below the state average of 22.3%. Notably, every SC READY score at Clinton Middle exactly matches the district average, confirming it is the sole middle school in Laurens 56, making its performance the district’s performance.
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