Summary:
Zip code 29654 is home to a single middle school, Honea Path Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 with 278 students in the Honea Path area of South Carolina.
Honea Path Middle is a consistently high-performing school that exceeds state averages in every subject and grade level tested across the past two school years. The school has maintained a 4-star rating and ranks in the top quarter of all South Carolina middle schools, with its most recent ranking placing it 75th out of 335 schools statewide. Its most impressive achievement is a perfect 100% proficiency rate on the Algebra 1 EOCEP exam, far surpassing both the district (82.94%) and state (73.95%) averages. The school also posted standout results in 7th grade math, where 61.4% of students met proficiency standards compared to just 41.8% statewide. Students benefit from a favorable 11.5:1 student-to-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $15,695, supported by the highly-rated Anderson 02 district, which ranks 6th out of 75 districts in South Carolina.
While the school's academic performance is strong, there are some areas of concern. Chronic absenteeism affects 25.7% of students, notably higher than both the district (20.8%) and state (22.3%) averages. Additionally, several 6th grade scores declined significantly from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, including a 17.8-point drop in math proficiency (from 68.8% to 51.0%) and a 9.7-point drop in ELA (from 68.9% to 59.2%), suggesting a weaker incoming cohort. However, 7th and 8th grade math scores improved year-over-year, and the school continues to outperform state averages across all subjects, with particularly strong showings in 7th grade ELA (70.5% vs. 59.5% statewide) and 6th grade math (51.0% vs. 40.9% statewide). Overall, Honea Path Middle offers a solid educational foundation with excellent advanced math opportunities, though families should be aware of the absenteeism issue and recent 6th grade performance trends.
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