Berea Middle

Summary:

Berea Middle is a public middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, serving 795 students in grades 6-8. The school stands out for its significantly higher percentage of Hispanic students (45.91%) compared to nearby schools, as well as its consistently lower academic performance and high percentage of students from low-income families.

Berea Middle consistently underperforms the Greenville 01 school district and the state of South Carolina in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 26.1% to 30.3% at Berea Middle, compared to 55.4% to 57.8% in the Greenville 01 district and 50.2% to 53.7% statewide. This achievement gap appears to be widening over time, with the school's performance in Mathematics decreasing from 17.1% proficient or better in 2020-2021 to 10.7% in 2023-2024.

Berea Middle's challenges are further highlighted by the strong performance of nearby schools, such as Northwood Middle, Hughes Academy of Science and Technology, and Sevier Middle, which demonstrate significantly higher academic performance and rankings compared to Berea Middle, despite serving similar student populations in the Greenville 01 district.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 151 Berea Middle School Road
       Greenville, SC  29617


(864) 355-1700

District: Greenville 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
294th of 325 South Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,720 Help


Feeder schools for Berea Middle:

Elementary:    Alexander Elementary
    Armstrong Elementary
    Berea Elementary
    Westcliffe Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.5 Help
Number of students:  795

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
45.9%
African American:
29.7%
White:
18.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Berea Middle ranks worse than 90.5% of middle schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 19th among 20 ranked middle schools in the Greenville 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.14. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Berea Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Greenville 01 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Berea Middle is $11,720, which is the 3rd highest among 20 middle schools in the Greenville 01 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Berea Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Berea Middle 294th of 325 South Carolina public middle schools. (See Berea Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Greenville 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Greenville 01 14th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Berea Middle

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Rank History for all students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 28.26 177th 225 21.3%
2004 23.54 189th 230 17.8%
2005 10.76 221st 230 3.9%
2006 10.78 217th 231 6.1%
2007 28.69 190th 236 19.5%
2008 38.05 171st 244 29.9%
2009 33.26 190th 249 23.7%
2010 29.98 208th 261 20.3%
2011 25.05 228th 269 15.2%
2012 30.21 212th 271 21.8%
2013 23.18 232nd 276 15.9%
2014 25.81 233rd 291 19.9%
2015 25.62 236th 301 21.6%
2016 32.51 212th 303 30.0%
2017 25.87 243rd 317 23.3%
2018 23.92 235th 303 22.4%
2019 25.73 243rd 315 22.9%
2021 22.45 240th 311 22.8%
2022 15.45 267th 310 13.9%
2023 11.24 304th 325 6.5%
2024 13.14 294th 325 9.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.16 60th 93 35.5%
2019 30.63 89th 117 23.9%
2021 35.91 56th 87 35.6%
2022 20.47 85th 97 12.4%
2023 15.65 89th 95 6.3%
2024 22.09 92nd 105 12.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.21 172nd 280 38.6%
2019 39.65 174th 289 39.8%
2021 33.48 187th 288 35.1%
2022 23.46 236th 300 21.3%
2023 16.65 280th 313 10.5%
2024 18.89 268th 307 12.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.31 212th 281 24.6%
2019 24.02 234th 296 20.9%
2021 25.43 211th 279 24.4%
2022 14.04 254th 290 12.4%
2023 9.58 285th 299 4.7%
2024 12.71 271st 294 7.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.14 171st 194 11.9%
2019 37.12 123rd 195 36.9%
2021 26.29 136th 164 17.1%
2022 24.21 154th 183 15.8%
2023 12.89 185th 187 1.1%
2024 21.63 159th 177 10.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.07 135th 179 24.6%
2022 22.42 158th 182 13.2%
2023 24.17 163rd 185 11.9%
2024 21.59 163rd 183 10.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.51 228th 284 19.7%
2019 28.77 218th 296 26.4%
2021 20.16 223rd 279 20.1%
2022 17.32 246th 292 15.8%
2023 14.44 264th 303 12.9%
2024 13.49 265th 294 9.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.55 172nd 237 27.4%
2019 30.17 194th 252 23.0%
2021 29.26 178th 235 24.3%
2022 26.88 198th 249 20.5%
2023 17.65 232nd 253 8.3%
2024 19.02 223rd 248 10.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.81 102nd 123 17.1%
2019 29.82 112th 139 19.4%
2021 32.01 82nd 111 26.1%
2022 14.85 120th 129 7.0%
2023 12.20 134th 141 5.0%
2024 14.92 135th 144 6.3%
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Rank History for White students at Berea Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.66 229th 250 8.4%
2019 17.38 228th 258 11.6%
2021 12.76 218th 244 10.7%
2022 8.59 238th 249 4.4%
2023 9.86 245th 260 5.8%
2024 26.61 196th 255 23.1%
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Data source: test scores: South Carolina Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: South Carolina State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Berea Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 523 232 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 760
1989 518 212 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 736
1990 502 220 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 731
1991 525 238 1 11 1 n/a n/a 0 776
1992 569 249 3 14 1 n/a n/a 0 836
1993 537 223 3 20 1 n/a n/a 0 784
1994 544 217 2 20 1 n/a n/a 0 784
1995 540 204 2 19 0 n/a n/a 0 765
1996 540 204 2 19 0 n/a n/a 0 765
1997 511 186 4 19 0 n/a n/a 0 720
1998 486 215 5 24 0 n/a n/a 0 730
1999 494 209 8 24 0 n/a n/a 0 735
2000 429 224 7 35 1 n/a n/a 0 696
2001 410 246 4 45 0 n/a n/a 0 705
2002 414 314 7 71 0 n/a n/a 0 806
2003 414 314 7 71 0 n/a n/a 0 806
2004 407 271 8 81 0 n/a n/a 0 767
2005 423 368 11 128 1 n/a n/a 0 931
2006 360 370 12 135 2 n/a n/a 0 879
2007 351 386 7 169 0 n/a n/a 0 913
2008 328 348 8 173 0 n/a n/a 2 859
2009 303 320 11 172 0 n/a n/a 4 810
2010 315 302 12 156 0 n/a n/a 6 791
2011 296 261 4 179 0 1 25 0 766
2012 275 257 5 178 3 0 17 0 735
2013 259 206 8 187 0 0 32 0 692
2014 224 212 10 198 5 0 38 0 687
2015 218 200 8 215 2 0 33 0 676
2016 205 174 13 215 3 0 30 0 640
2017 208 181 9 237 2 2 41 0 680
2018 200 186 12 280 4 1 45 0 728
2019 196 213 10 304 7 1 48 0 779
2020 192 271 10 349 4 1 37 0 864
2021 181 266 9 350 2 0 46 0 854
2022 165 271 8 334 2 0 46 0 826
2023 150 236 5 365 1 0 38 0 795

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Berea Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 760 42.6 17.8 n/a
1989 736 41.3 17.8 n/a
1990 731 43.8 16.6 n/a
1991 776 45.7 16.9 21.4
1992 836 44.7 18.7 27.6
1993 784 45.6 17.2 25.4
1994 784 47.5 16.5 25.3
1995 765 43.5 17.6 19.2
1996 765 43.5 17.6 19.2
1997 720 44.5 16.2 23.2
1998 730 43.0 17.0 27
1999 735 40.0 18.4 34.1
2000 696 40.0 17.4 40.4
2001 705 40.5 17.4 47.1
2002 806 47.0 17.1 59.3
2003 806 47.0 17.1 59.3
2004 767 42.0 18.3 62.6
2005 931 52.0 17.9 67.3
2006 879 59.5 14.8 68.1
2007 913 79.0 11.6 69.8
2008 859 57.0 15.1 65.1
2009 810 52.5 15.4 78.2
2010 791 53.0 14.9 80.5
2011 766 49.0 15.6 83.8
2012 735 50.0 14.7 85.6
2013 692 46.0 15.0 87.6
2014 687 48.0 14.3 86
2015 676 45.0 15.0 86.1
2016 640 47.0 13.6 82.7
2017 680 48.0 14.1 100
2018 728 52.0 14.0 100
2019 779 54.0 14.4 100
2020 864 60.0 14.4 100
2021 854 47.0 18.1 100
2022 826 60.0 13.7 100
2023 795 58.8 13.5 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Berea Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 760 42.6 17.8 n/a
1989 736 41.3 17.8 n/a
1990 731 43.8 16.6 n/a
1991 776 45.7 16.9 21.4
1992 836 44.7 18.7 27.6
1993 784 45.6 17.2 25.4
1994 784 47.5 16.5 25.3
1995 765 43.5 17.6 19.2
1996 765 43.5 17.6 19.2
1997 720 44.5 16.2 23.2
1998 730 43.0 17.0 27
1999 735 40.0 18.4 34.1
2000 696 40.0 17.4 40.4
2001 705 40.5 17.4 47.1
2002 806 47.0 17.1 59.3
2003 806 47.0 17.1 59.3
2004 767 42.0 18.3 62.6
2005 931 52.0 17.9 67.3
2006 879 59.5 14.8 68.1
2007 913 79.0 11.6 69.8
2008 859 57.0 15.1 65.1
2009 810 52.5 15.4 78.2
2010 791 53.0 14.9 80.5
2011 766 49.0 15.6 83.8
2012 735 50.0 14.7 85.6
2013 692 46.0 15.0 87.6
2014 687 48.0 14.3 86
2015 676 45.0 15.0 86.1
2016 640 47.0 13.6 82.7
2017 680 48.0 14.1 100
2018 728 52.0 14.0 100
2019 779 54.0 14.4 100
2020 864 60.0 14.4 100
2021 854 47.0 18.1 100
2022 826 60.0 13.7 100
2023 795 58.8 13.5 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Berea Middle

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,134 (10.8%) $84 (0.8%) $1,218 (11.6%) $7,967 (76.0%) $1,292 (12.3%) $9,259 (88.4%) $10,477
2020 $1,364 (12.8%) $525 (4.9%) $1,889 (17.8%) $8,013 (75.3%) $735 (6.9%) $8,749 (82.2%) $10,638
2021 $1,449 (13.4%) $441 (4.1%) $1,890 (17.4%) $8,009 (73.8%) $947 (8.7%) $8,956 (82.6%) $10,846
2022 $2,036 (19.0%) $646 (6.0%) $2,681 (25.1%) $7,355 (68.8%) $652 (6.1%) $8,007 (74.9%) $10,688
2023 $2,128 (18.2%) $731 (6.2%) $2,859 (24.4%) $8,115 (69.2%) $746 (6.4%) $8,861 (75.6%) $11,720

Data source: South Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 243rd of 315 Middle schoolsRanks 304th of 325 Middle schools
 16.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Science (Berea Middle)34.215.1
 19.1%
   6th Grade Science (Greenville 01)52.550.5
 2%
   6th Grade Science (South Carolina)47.143
 4.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Berea Middle)23.429.7
 6.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Greenville 01)47.158
 10.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)41.153.4
 12.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Berea Middle)26.611.1
 15.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Greenville 01)49.146
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)43.936.7
 7.2%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Berea Middle)2823.3
 4.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Greenville 01)50.955.6
 4.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4450.1
 6.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Berea Middle)22.57.9
 14.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Greenville 01)40.637.2
 3.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)35.331
 4.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Berea Middle)31.132.8
 1.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Greenville 01)49.257.3
 8.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)44.553.1
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Berea Middle)17.710.6
 7.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Greenville 01)41.937.4
 4.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)36.631.6
 5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students779795
 2.1%
African American213236
 10.8%
American Indian71
 85.7%
Asian105
 50%
Hispanic304365
 20.1%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White196150
 23.5%
Two or More Races4838
 20.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%100%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 795 students attended Berea Middle.

Students at Berea Middle are 46% Hispanic, 30% African American, 19% White, 5% Two or more races.

Berea Middle ranks in the bottom 9.5% of South Carolina middle schools.


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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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