Summary:
Middle Schools in zip code 29574 consist of a single school, Palmetto Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in the Mullins, SC area, with a total enrollment of 297 students.
Palmetto Middle is the only middle school in this zip code, and it faces significant academic challenges. The school is part of the Marion 10 district, which ranks in the bottom 1% of districts statewide. The school's state ranking has been consistently low, currently sitting in the 4th percentile (323rd out of 335 schools). The most striking weakness is in mathematics, where proficiency rates are alarmingly low: only 9.2% of 6th graders and 10.2% of 7th graders are proficient in math, compared to state averages above 40%. Even the best math score, 20.6% for 8th graders, is less than half the state average. English Language Arts (ELA) performance is somewhat better, with 8th graders achieving 40.2% proficiency, which is the school's highest score in any subject and the only metric where it outperforms its district average. Science proficiency for 6th graders is also low at 19.7%.
Despite spending a substantial $16,769 per student, the school does not see corresponding academic results, suggesting resources may not be effectively targeting areas of need like math intervention. Chronic absenteeism is a concern, with 25.8% of students chronically absent, higher than the state average of 22.3%. The student-teacher ratio is 19.8:1. There is some year-over-year volatility in scores, such as 8th-grade math proficiency nearly tripling from 7.5% to 20.6%, which indicates performance is highly sensitive to specific student cohorts. While 8th-grade ELA shows relative strength, the overall picture is one of a school struggling with foundational skills, particularly in mathematics, and facing challenges with attendance and consistent academic growth.
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