Dutch Fork Middle

Summary:

Dutch Fork Middle is a high-performing public middle school located in Irmo, South Carolina, serving 921 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Lexington 05 school district, which is ranked 13th out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dutch Fork Middle consistently outperforms the state and district averages in standardized test scores, particularly in EOCEP/Algebra 1 and SC READY English Language Arts. In the 2023-2024 school year, 99.46% of Dutch Fork Middle students were proficient or better in EOCEP/Algebra 1, compared to 81.11% for the Lexington 05 district and 72.5% for the state. The school also has a more diverse student population compared to some nearby schools, with a racial makeup of 46.58% White, 36.16% African American, 5.43% Hispanic, and smaller percentages of other racial groups. Despite a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, Dutch Fork Middle has maintained its strong academic performance.

When compared to nearby schools, Dutch Fork Middle outperforms many of them, including Chapin Intermediate, CrossRoads Intermediate, and Irmo Middle, in both academic achievement and student diversity. However, some schools like Chapin Middle and Meadow Glen Middle in the Lexington 01 district also demonstrate strong academic performance and are ranked highly in the state.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 1528 Old Tamah Road
       Irmo, SC  29063


(803) 476-4800

District: Lexington 05

SchoolDigger Rank:
98th of 325 South Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,229 Help


Students who attend Dutch Fork Middle usually attend:

High:    Dutch Fork High

Feeder schools for Dutch Fork Middle:

Elementary:    Ballentine Elementary
    Dutch Fork Elementary
    H. E. Corley Elementary
    Oak Pointe Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  12.7 Help
Number of students:  921

Racial breakdown:

White:
46.6%
African American:
36.2%
Two or more races:
8.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Dutch Fork Middle ranks better than 69.8% of middle schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Lexington 05 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65.25. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (46.6%), African American (36.2%), two or more races (8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 57.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dutch Fork Middle is 12.7. 2 middle schools in the Lexington 05 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dutch Fork Middle is $13,229, which is the 2nd highest among 3 middle schools in the Lexington 05 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dutch Fork Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Dutch Fork Middle 98th of 325 South Carolina public middle schools. (See Dutch Fork Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Lexington 05:

SchoolDigger ranks Lexington 05 13th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dutch Fork Middle

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Rank History for all students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 93.34 7th 225 96.9%
2004 90.04 11th 230 95.2%
2005 90.55 11th 230 95.2%
2006 87.00 15th 231 93.5%
2007 89.01 14th 236 94.1%
2008 86.45 18th 244 92.6%
2009 87.87 13th 249 94.8%
2010 88.61 14th 261 94.6%
2011 89.30 15th 269 94.4%
2012 83.07 27th 271 90.0%
2013 85.65 28th 276 89.9%
2014 84.64 33rd 291 88.7%
2015 86.75 28th 301 90.7%
2016 89.36 24th 303 92.1%
2017 87.77 29th 317 90.9%
2018 87.27 29th 303 90.4%
2019 84.74 44th 315 86.0%
2021 75.94 62nd 311 80.1%
2022 73.21 70th 310 77.4%
2023 69.41 85th 325 73.8%
2024 65.25 98th 325 69.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.38 13th 31 58.1%
2019 51.85 19th 39 51.3%
2022 65.81 11th 44 75.0%
2023 75.27 8th 58 86.2%
2024 63.16 13th 52 75.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.49 1st 93 98.9%
2019 91.65 7th 117 94.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.36 34th 280 87.9%
2019 74.24 57th 289 80.3%
2021 63.31 85th 288 70.5%
2022 59.48 96th 300 68.0%
2023 53.81 117th 313 62.6%
2024 53.88 118th 307 61.6%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.59 31st 281 89.0%
2019 85.46 40th 296 86.5%
2021 69.98 75th 279 73.1%
2022 74.62 63rd 290 78.3%
2023 72.96 67th 299 77.6%
2024 66.71 81st 294 72.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.90 45th 194 76.8%
2019 57.14 58th 195 70.3%
2021 52.27 52nd 164 68.3%
2022 50.69 79th 183 56.8%
2023 71.82 32nd 187 82.9%
2024 64.58 43rd 177 75.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.08 31st 179 82.7%
2022 70.55 48th 182 73.6%
2023 46.21 122nd 185 34.1%
2024 57.36 103rd 183 43.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.23 29th 284 89.8%
2019 83.86 41st 296 86.1%
2021 80.54 47th 279 83.2%
2022 71.88 70th 292 76.0%
2023 64.33 96th 303 68.3%
2024 62.63 91st 294 69.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.65 14th 237 94.1%
2019 87.04 16th 252 93.7%
2021 72.47 33rd 235 86.0%
2022 73.07 35th 249 85.9%
2023 69.32 50th 253 80.2%
2024 64.45 56th 248 77.4%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 89.36 8th 139 94.2%
2021 88.62 7th 111 93.7%
2022 85.16 16th 129 87.6%
2023 83.45 18th 141 87.2%
2024 68.54 37th 144 74.3%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Dutch Fork Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.13 24th 250 90.4%
2019 86.46 30th 258 88.4%
2021 81.05 36th 244 85.2%
2022 76.50 47th 249 81.1%
2023 65.80 86th 260 66.9%
2024 60.87 94th 255 63.1%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Middle Schools for White Students!

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 Dutch Fork Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1999 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 929 929
2000 680 182 21 6 2 n/a n/a 0 891
2001 695 201 26 7 1 n/a n/a 0 930
2002 781 255 18 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1069
2003 781 255 18 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1069
2004 793 280 20 11 1 n/a n/a 3 1108
2005 762 332 18 16 3 n/a n/a 5 1136
2006 679 328 16 25 3 n/a n/a 9 1060
2007 649 335 18 23 2 n/a n/a 0 1027
2008 630 320 28 24 1 n/a n/a 11 1014
2009 628 353 33 16 1 n/a n/a 9 1040
2010 632 368 23 13 0 n/a n/a 14 1050
2011 651 372 26 17 2 2 30 0 1100
2012 620 338 35 22 2 2 35 0 1054
2013 634 302 39 26 6 1 36 0 1044
2014 663 332 37 27 5 2 26 0 1092
2015 637 341 41 32 1 1 31 0 1084
2016 607 331 44 41 3 1 28 0 1055
2017 608 301 40 44 3 2 28 4 1030
2018 602 343 33 40 1 1 45 0 1065
2019 553 337 35 43 2 1 63 0 1034
2020 534 313 30 56 3 1 73 0 1010
2021 487 335 30 51 0 2 64 0 969
2022 448 351 22 44 3 4 56 0 928
2023 429 333 25 50 7 3 74 0 921

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 Dutch Fork Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 929 59.0 15.7 11.6
2000 891 65.3 13.6 11.4
2001 930 62.6 14.9 12.4
2002 1069 67.1 15.9 14.2
2003 1069 67.1 15.9 14.2
2004 1108 68.3 16.2 19.2
2005 1136 74.4 15.3 22.9
2006 1060 74.8 14.2 20.2
2007 1027 84.5 12.2 18.9
2008 1014 71.0 14.3 19.9
2009 1040 63.0 16.5 25.1
2010 1050 63.5 16.5 26.4
2011 1100 66.5 16.5 28.3
2012 1054 65.0 16.2 31
2013 1044 66.5 15.6 29.7
2014 1092 63.5 17.1 29.1
2015 1084 71.0 15.2 30.8
2016 1055 70.0 15.0 31.6
2017 1030 70.2 14.6 31.2
2018 1065 73.5 14.4 32.9
2019 1034 70.0 14.7 34.4
2020 1010 71.0 14.2 36.2
2021 969 70.0 13.8 37.3
2022 928 64.0 14.5 42.2
2023 921 72.1 12.7 57.2

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 Dutch Fork Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 929 59.0 15.7 11.6
2000 891 65.3 13.6 11.4
2001 930 62.6 14.9 12.4
2002 1069 67.1 15.9 14.2
2003 1069 67.1 15.9 14.2
2004 1108 68.3 16.2 19.2
2005 1136 74.4 15.3 22.9
2006 1060 74.8 14.2 20.2
2007 1027 84.5 12.2 18.9
2008 1014 71.0 14.3 19.9
2009 1040 63.0 16.5 25.1
2010 1050 63.5 16.5 26.4
2011 1100 66.5 16.5 28.3
2012 1054 65.0 16.2 31
2013 1044 66.5 15.6 29.7
2014 1092 63.5 17.1 29.1
2015 1084 71.0 15.2 30.8
2016 1055 70.0 15.0 31.6
2017 1030 70.2 14.6 31.2
2018 1065 73.5 14.4 32.9
2019 1034 70.0 14.7 34.4
2020 1010 71.0 14.2 36.2
2021 969 70.0 13.8 37.3
2022 928 64.0 14.5 42.2
2023 921 72.1 12.7 57.2

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dutch Fork 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 $183 (1.8%) $274 (2.7%) $457 (4.6%) $8,210 (81.9%) $1,361 (13.6%) $9,571 (95.4%) $10,028
2020 $284 (2.6%) $318 (2.9%) $602 (5.6%) $8,799 (81.6%) $1,382 (12.8%) $10,181 (94.4%) $10,783
2021 $383 (3.4%) $284 (2.5%) $668 (5.9%) $9,244 (81.4%) $1,443 (12.7%) $10,687 (94.1%) $11,355
2022 $383 (3.2%) $336 (2.8%) $719 (6.0%) $10,200 (84.7%) $1,120 (9.3%) $11,319 (94.0%) $12,039
2023 $368 (2.8%) $552 (4.2%) $920 (7.0%) $10,781 (81.5%) $1,528 (11.6%) $12,309 (93.0%) $13,229

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Dutch Fork Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 44th of 315 Middle schoolsRanks 85th of 325 Middle schools
 12.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Dutch Fork Middle)53.458.8
 5.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Lexington 05)54.255.4
 1.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4450.1
 6.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dutch Fork Middle)48.135.6
 12.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Lexington 05)46.236.4
 9.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)35.331
 4.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Dutch Fork Middle)63.260.9
 2.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Lexington 05)5760
 3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)44.553.1
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Dutch Fork Middle)54.434.6
 19.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Lexington 05)50.438.9
 11.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)36.631.6
 5%
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Dutch Fork Middle)98.895.7
 3.1%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Lexington 05)79.781
 1.3%
   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 Students1034921
 10.9%
African American337333
 1.2%
American Indian27
 250%
Asian3525
 28.6%
Hispanic4350
 16.3%
Pacific Islander13
 200%
White553429
 22.4%
Two or More Races6374
 17.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients34.4%57.2%
 22.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Dutch Fork Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 921 students attended Dutch Fork Middle.

Students who attend Dutch Fork Middle usually go on to attend Dutch Fork High

Dutch Fork Middle ranks 98th of 325 South Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Dutch Fork Middle are 47% White, 36% African American, 8% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.


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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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