St. James Middle

Summary:

St. James Middle is a high-performing public middle school in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, serving 920 students in grades 6-8 and part of the Horry 01 school district, which is ranked 9 out of 75 districts in the state.

St. James Middle consistently outperforms the state and district averages in standardized test scores, with 60.2% of 7th-grade students and 65.5% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 50.2% and 50.3%, respectively. In mathematics, the school also excels, with 44.8% of 7th-grade students and 42.3% of 8th-grade students proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 33.8% and 30.2%. The school's performance in End-of-Course (EOCEP) exams is particularly impressive, with 97.93% of students proficient or better in Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2, significantly higher than the state average of 72.5%. Despite having a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (59.13%), St. James Middle consistently ranks among the top schools in the state for the performance of low-socioeconomic status students.

While St. James Middle outperforms most of the nearby middle schools in the Horry 01 district, including Whittemore Park Middle, Black Water Middle, Ocean Bay Middle, Myrtle Beach Middle, and Forestbrook Middle, one exception is Socastee Middle, which also ranks among the top middle schools in the state and has similar academic performance to St. James Middle. While St. James Middle excels in many areas, there may be opportunities to further improve the performance of certain student subgroups, such as White students and English Language Learners, and the school's performance in 8th-grade mathematics could be an area of focus for continued improvement.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 9775 St. James Road
       Myrtle Beach, SC  29588


(843) 650-5543

District: Horry 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
55th of 325 South Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,094 Help


Students who attend St. James Middle usually attend:

High:    St. James High

Feeder schools for St. James Middle:

Elementary:    Burgess Elementary
    Seaside Elementary
    St. James Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  920

Racial breakdown:

White:
73.0%
Hispanic:
11.8%
Two or more races:
6.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  59.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details St. James Middle ranks better than 83.1% of middle schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 5th among 12 ranked middle schools in the Horry 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.98. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details St. James Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Horry 01 School District.  (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at St. James Middle is $11,094. 11 middle schools in the Horry 01 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

St. James Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks St. James Middle 55th of 325 South Carolina public middle schools. (See St. James Middle in the ranking list.)

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Horry 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Horry 01 9th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for St. James Middle

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Rank History for all students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 81.34 35th 225 84.4%
2004 82.47 32nd 230 86.1%
2005 87.66 17th 230 92.6%
2006 85.35 23rd 231 90.0%
2007 87.39 16th 236 93.2%
2008 85.53 20th 244 91.8%
2009 83.00 28th 249 88.8%
2010 84.33 25th 261 90.4%
2011 88.06 16th 269 94.1%
2012 88.05 16th 271 94.1%
2013 83.91 36th 276 87.0%
2014 82.61 39th 291 86.6%
2015 82.63 38th 301 87.4%
2016 87.18 31st 303 89.8%
2017 85.21 38th 317 88.0%
2018 85.41 35th 303 88.4%
2019 85.05 41st 315 87.0%
2021 84.20 43rd 311 86.2%
2022 88.33 31st 310 90.0%
2023 84.03 47th 325 85.5%
2024 80.98 55th 325 83.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 74.27 7th 44 84.1%
2023 59.91 19th 58 67.2%
2024 59.15 15th 52 71.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.89 10th 93 89.2%
2019 72.00 29th 117 75.2%
2021 86.65 4th 87 95.4%
2022 59.72 33rd 97 66.0%
2023 44.96 49th 95 48.4%
2024 47.26 45th 105 57.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.66 12th 280 95.7%
2019 94.19 14th 289 95.2%
2021 92.36 13th 288 95.5%
2022 94.46 10th 300 96.7%
2023 92.31 17th 313 94.6%
2024 88.01 23rd 307 92.5%
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Rank History for Female students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.25 27th 281 90.4%
2019 83.91 43rd 296 85.5%
2021 85.70 32nd 279 88.5%
2022 89.80 24th 290 91.7%
2023 81.52 48th 299 83.9%
2024 80.43 48th 294 83.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.34 7th 194 96.4%
2019 89.74 10th 195 94.9%
2021 48.89 62nd 164 62.2%
2022 77.90 19th 183 89.6%
2023 90.64 5th 187 97.3%
2024 77.17 19th 177 89.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.68 45th 179 74.9%
2022 76.74 26th 182 85.7%
2023 72.07 50th 185 73.0%
2024 66.17 74th 183 59.6%
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Rank History for Male students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.39 40th 284 85.9%
2019 86.21 35th 296 88.2%
2021 82.17 42nd 279 84.9%
2022 86.32 36th 292 87.7%
2023 84.85 41st 303 86.5%
2024 79.44 52nd 294 82.3%
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Rank History for African American students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.31 53rd 237 77.6%
2019 59.05 78th 252 69.0%
2021 83.17 21st 235 91.1%
2022 90.82 13th 249 94.8%
2023 76.72 38th 253 85.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.51 21st 123 82.9%
2019 83.45 16th 139 88.5%
2021 76.26 19th 111 82.9%
2022 88.57 11th 129 91.5%
2023 71.60 30th 141 78.7%
2024 77.82 24th 144 83.3%
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Rank History for White students at St. James Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.48 59th 250 76.4%
2019 73.27 67th 258 74.0%
2021 67.19 74th 244 69.7%
2022 74.06 54th 249 78.3%
2023 71.74 66th 260 74.6%
2024 61.90 90th 255 64.7%
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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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by a citizen
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Open Quote Two of my granddaughters attend St. James Middle School and they are both doing excellent, high grades, in band and I and their parents are very happy with the school district. Close Quote



Enrollment information for St. James Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 543 46 3 2 1 n/a n/a 0 595
1991 548 55 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 612
1992 564 63 8 5 4 n/a n/a 0 644
1993 580 74 9 4 5 n/a n/a 0 672
1994 617 76 15 7 1 n/a n/a 0 716
1995 702 57 14 6 2 n/a n/a 0 781
1996 702 57 14 6 2 n/a n/a 0 781
1997 709 62 9 8 3 n/a n/a 0 791
1998 680 72 7 7 4 n/a n/a 0 770
1999 731 66 10 9 2 n/a n/a 0 818
2000 767 67 13 16 1 n/a n/a 0 864
2001 808 99 8 18 2 n/a n/a 0 935
2002 710 81 8 19 2 n/a n/a 0 820
2003 710 81 8 19 2 n/a n/a 0 820
2004 688 82 9 25 4 n/a n/a 3 811
2005 744 90 5 25 6 n/a n/a 1 871
2006 772 90 8 27 2 n/a n/a 3 902
2007 820 83 15 28 6 n/a n/a 0 952
2008 843 95 17 30 4 n/a n/a 9 998
2009 883 84 20 37 0 n/a n/a 9 1033
2010 886 101 17 39 1 n/a n/a 7 1051
2011 903 66 7 35 1 3 36 0 1051
2012 910 81 8 49 2 3 47 0 1100
2013 946 91 11 59 3 2 54 0 1166
2014 925 91 18 69 4 3 61 0 1171
2015 936 93 24 73 3 1 64 0 1194
2016 883 103 23 71 2 4 62 0 1148
2017 920 87 23 83 3 8 68 0 1192
2018 638 70 11 55 1 5 37 0 817
2019 696 57 10 76 0 7 34 0 880
2020 741 66 14 83 1 5 33 0 943
2021 715 57 18 81 3 1 41 0 916
2022 731 60 15 90 3 0 45 0 944
2023 672 60 15 109 1 2 61 0 920

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 St. James Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 595 33.5 17.7 n/a
1991 612 34.5 17.7 16
1992 644 36.6 17.5 18.6
1993 672 34.4 19.5 22.3
1994 716 39.5 18.1 22.6
1995 781 47.0 16.6 25.2
1996 781 47.0 16.6 25.2
1997 791 44.7 17.7 22.9
1998 770 44.0 17.5 25.8
1999 818 49.0 16.7 29.6
2000 864 55.0 15.7 28.9
2001 935 56.5 16.5 34.4
2002 820 51.0 16.1 41.3
2003 820 51.0 16.1 41.3
2004 811 48.0 16.9 42.5
2005 871 51.0 17.1 43.4
2006 902 53.0 17.0 39.5
2007 952 76.0 12.5 39.9
2008 998 62.0 16.1 40.1
2009 1033 68.5 15.1 40.6
2010 1051 67.0 15.6 42.8
2011 1051 63.0 16.6 45.8
2012 1100 66.0 16.6 50.1
2013 1166 71.5 16.3 49.1
2014 1171 71.5 16.3 45.7
2015 1194 72.0 16.5 47.5
2016 1148 70.0 16.4 42.3
2017 1192 68.0 17.5 40.7
2018 817 49.5 16.5 37.3
2019 880 53.0 16.6 36.3
2020 943 58.5 16.1 38.4
2021 916 56.5 16.2 34.6
2022 944 57.5 16.4 20.7
2023 920 55.5 16.5 59.1

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 St. James Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 595 33.5 17.7 n/a
1991 612 34.5 17.7 16
1992 644 36.6 17.5 18.6
1993 672 34.4 19.5 22.3
1994 716 39.5 18.1 22.6
1995 781 47.0 16.6 25.2
1996 781 47.0 16.6 25.2
1997 791 44.7 17.7 22.9
1998 770 44.0 17.5 25.8
1999 818 49.0 16.7 29.6
2000 864 55.0 15.7 28.9
2001 935 56.5 16.5 34.4
2002 820 51.0 16.1 41.3
2003 820 51.0 16.1 41.3
2004 811 48.0 16.9 42.5
2005 871 51.0 17.1 43.4
2006 902 53.0 17.0 39.5
2007 952 76.0 12.5 39.9
2008 998 62.0 16.1 40.1
2009 1033 68.5 15.1 40.6
2010 1051 67.0 15.6 42.8
2011 1051 63.0 16.6 45.8
2012 1100 66.0 16.6 50.1
2013 1166 71.5 16.3 49.1
2014 1171 71.5 16.3 45.7
2015 1194 72.0 16.5 47.5
2016 1148 70.0 16.4 42.3
2017 1192 68.0 17.5 40.7
2018 817 49.5 16.5 37.3
2019 880 53.0 16.6 36.3
2020 943 58.5 16.1 38.4
2021 916 56.5 16.2 34.6
2022 944 57.5 16.4 20.7
2023 920 55.5 16.5 59.1

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 St. James 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 $558 (5.8%) $181 (1.9%) $739 (7.7%) $7,869 (82.1%) $982 (10.2%) $8,851 (92.3%) $9,590
2020 $266 (2.8%) $175 (1.8%) $441 (4.6%) $7,984 (84.1%) $1,064 (11.2%) $9,048 (95.4%) $9,489
2021 $275 (2.9%) $186 (2.0%) $460 (4.9%) $8,043 (85.6%) $889 (9.5%) $8,932 (95.1%) $9,392
2022 $406 (4.0%) $417 (4.1%) $823 (8.1%) $8,324 (82.4%) $958 (9.5%) $9,282 (91.9%) $10,105
2023 $702 (6.3%) $969 (8.7%) $1,671 (15.1%) $8,328 (75.1%) $1,095 (9.9%) $9,423 (84.9%) $11,094

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

Impact of COVID-19 on St. James Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 41st of 315 Middle schoolsRanks 47th of 325 Middle schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (St. James Middle)61.660.7
 0.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Horry 01)50.955.3
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4450.1
 6.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (St. James Middle)58.448.4
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Horry 01)4739.4
 7.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)35.331
 4.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (St. James Middle)55.868.6
 12.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Horry 01)49.259.1
 9.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)44.553.1
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (St. James Middle)48.745.4
 3.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Horry 01)44.441
 3.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)36.631.6
 5%
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (St. James Middle)93.497.4
 4%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Horry 01)81.881.4
 0.4%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (South Carolina)68.668.3
 0.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students880920
 4.5%
African American5760
 5.3%
American Indian01
Asian1015
 50%
Hispanic76109
 43.4%
Pacific Islander72
 71.4%
White696672
 3.4%
Two or More Races3461
 79.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36.3%59.1%
 22.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about St. James Middle

Students at St. James Middle are 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 7% African American, 2% Asian.

Students who attend St. James Middle usually go on to attend St. James High

In the 2022-23 school year, 920 students attended St. James Middle.

St. James Middle ranks 55th of 325 South Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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