Fort Mill Middle

Summary:

Fort Mill Middle is a high-performing public middle school in Fort Mill, South Carolina, serving 634 students in grades 6-8 and part of the highly-ranked York 04 school district. This school has consistently been one of the top-performing middle schools in the state, ranking within the top 20-30 schools over the past decade.

Fort Mill Middle excels academically, with students significantly outperforming state and district averages on standardized tests across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 75% of 6th graders, 67.3% of 7th graders, and 76.7% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 53.7%, 50.2%, and 50.3%, respectively. The school also ranks among the top 10 middle schools in the state for the performance of African American and Hispanic students, as well as for gifted and talented students and students with disabilities.

While Fort Mill Middle's student population is predominantly white, the school maintains a relatively diverse student body, with significant percentages of African American, Hispanic, and Asian students. Additionally, the school has a high per-student spending of around $11,700 and a low student-teacher ratio of 12:1, which may contribute to its strong academic performance. When compared to other middle schools in the York 04 district, Fort Mill Middle generally outperforms its peers, though it faces more competition from some of the higher-performing middle schools in the neighboring York 03 district, such as Castle Heights Middle and Dutchman Creek Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 200 Springfield Parkway
       Fort Mill, SC  29715


(803) 547-5553

District: York 04

SchoolDigger Rank:
20th of 325 South Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,689 Help


Students who attend Fort Mill Middle usually attend:

High:    Nation Ford High

Feeder schools for Fort Mill Middle:

Elementary:    Fort Mill Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  11.9 Help
Number of students:  634

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.9%
African American:
13.9%
Hispanic:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  31.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Fort Mill Middle ranks better than 93.8% of middle schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 4th among 6 ranked middle schools in the York 04 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.13. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Fort Mill Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the York 04 School District.  (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fort Mill Middle is $11,689, which is the 3rd highest among 6 middle schools in the York 04 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fort Mill Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Fort Mill Middle 20th of 325 South Carolina public middle schools. (See Fort Mill Middle in the ranking list.)

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York 04:

SchoolDigger ranks York 04 1st of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Fort Mill Middle

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Rank History for all students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 82.51 31st 225 86.2%
2004 81.23 35th 230 84.8%
2005 83.59 30th 230 87.0%
2006 84.28 26th 231 88.7%
2007 89.24 13th 236 94.5%
2008 87.17 15th 244 93.9%
2009 82.80 30th 249 88.0%
2010 84.75 22nd 261 91.6%
2011 84.23 26th 269 90.3%
2012 90.55 14th 271 94.8%
2013 88.68 18th 276 93.5%
2014 89.33 21st 291 92.8%
2015 91.39 18th 301 94.0%
2016 93.21 17th 303 94.4%
2017 92.61 21st 317 93.4%
2018 89.11 26th 303 91.4%
2019 91.41 26th 315 91.7%
2021 91.57 24th 311 92.3%
2022 94.26 16th 310 94.8%
2023 94.79 16th 325 95.1%
2024 93.13 20th 325 93.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 97.51 2nd 44 95.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 98.70 2nd 117 98.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.25 49th 280 82.5%
2019 76.24 50th 289 82.7%
2021 85.23 29th 288 89.9%
2022 84.88 31st 300 89.7%
2023 85.93 34th 313 89.1%
2024 68.25 67th 307 78.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.16 28th 281 90.0%
2019 88.04 31st 296 89.5%
2021 91.26 23rd 279 91.8%
2022 94.19 15th 290 94.8%
2023 95.11 14th 299 95.3%
2024 92.87 18th 294 93.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.68 56th 194 71.1%
2019 55.80 61st 195 68.7%
2021 63.54 34th 164 79.3%
2022 80.82 15th 183 91.8%
2023 74.93 29th 187 84.5%
2024 74.80 22nd 177 87.6%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 85.58 5th 179 97.2%
2022 82.49 9th 182 95.1%
2023 81.37 7th 185 96.2%
2024 80.24 7th 183 96.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.30 25th 284 91.2%
2019 93.33 22nd 296 92.6%
2021 91.38 19th 279 93.2%
2022 93.69 17th 292 94.2%
2023 93.00 17th 303 94.4%
2024 91.09 22nd 294 92.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.86 2nd 5 60.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.90 106th 237 55.3%
2019 75.18 34th 252 86.5%
2021 91.49 11th 235 95.3%
2022 86.87 19th 249 92.4%
2023 88.13 16th 253 93.7%
2024 89.75 8th 248 96.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 90.52 6th 139 95.7%
2021 80.79 13th 111 88.3%
2022 85.90 15th 129 88.4%
2023 93.47 8th 141 94.3%
2024 81.30 20th 144 86.1%
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Rank History for White students at Fort Mill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.59 26th 250 89.6%
2019 87.21 27th 258 89.5%
2021 86.50 28th 244 88.5%
2022 88.87 23rd 249 90.8%
2023 88.04 23rd 260 91.2%
2024 85.33 32nd 255 87.5%
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.

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Enrollment information for Fort Mill Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 586 75 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 667
1989 592 71 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 667
1990 657 66 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 733
1991 639 72 7 3 1 n/a n/a 0 722
1992 664 75 7 4 1 n/a n/a 0 751
1993 728 80 6 4 1 n/a n/a 0 819
1994 749 77 6 9 1 n/a n/a 0 842
1995 797 69 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 876
1996 797 69 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 876
1997 837 70 5 5 1 n/a n/a 0 918
1998 927 88 6 4 2 n/a n/a 0 1027
1999 487 50 5 4 2 n/a n/a 0 548
2000 474 87 5 4 1 n/a n/a 0 571
2001 508 91 6 6 1 n/a n/a 0 612
2002 553 97 8 18 2 n/a n/a 0 678
2003 553 97 8 18 2 n/a n/a 0 678
2004 543 113 9 15 2 n/a n/a 2 684
2005 588 116 5 18 5 n/a n/a 2 734
2006 658 132 19 30 6 n/a n/a 3 848
2007 498 85 6 16 4 n/a n/a 0 609
2008 498 85 3 18 1 n/a n/a 0 605
2009 512 104 2 16 4 n/a n/a 0 638
2010 487 89 4 20 1 n/a n/a 0 601
2011 600 100 10 32 2 1 10 0 755
2012 439 74 19 21 1 0 15 0 569
2013 423 83 22 24 2 0 18 0 572
2014 453 82 27 24 1 0 23 0 610
2015 478 101 25 49 2 0 25 0 680
2016 567 98 31 45 3 0 32 0 776
2017 611 102 37 47 2 0 38 0 837
2018 411 86 29 41 2 0 37 0 606
2019 409 94 42 41 1 0 38 0 625
2020 489 138 52 68 2 0 52 0 801
2021 520 137 64 83 2 0 47 0 853
2022 418 105 55 56 1 1 41 0 677
2023 380 88 56 69 0 2 39 0 634

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

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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 Fort Mill Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 667 41.9 15.9 n/a
1989 667 41.1 16.2 n/a
1990 733 44.4 16.5 n/a
1991 722 42.6 16.9 14.5
1992 751 42.4 17.7 16.4
1993 819 46.0 17.8 16.8
1994 842 46.0 18.3 17.2
1995 876 50.0 17.5 13.7
1996 876 50.0 17.5 13.7
1997 918 52.5 17.5 12.9
1998 1027 59.0 17.4 13
1999 548 33.0 16.6 24.5
2000 571 38.5 14.8 21.7
2001 612 43.0 14.2 21.9
2002 678 46.0 14.7 23.7
2003 678 46.0 14.7 23.7
2004 684 47.0 14.6 26.1
2005 734 48.0 15.3 24.7
2006 848 56.0 15.1 24.7
2007 609 65.3 9.3 21.7
2008 605 54.0 11.2 24
2009 638 54.0 11.8 25.4
2010 601 50.0 12.0 26.3
2011 755 50.5 14.9 27.3
2012 569 39.0 14.5 26
2013 572 39.0 14.6 29.4
2014 610 41.5 14.6 24.8
2015 680 48.0 14.1 22.9
2016 776 49.0 15.8 18.3
2017 837 57.5 14.5 17.2
2018 606 46.5 13.0 20.3
2019 625 46.5 13.4 21.9
2020 801 53.5 14.9 21.2
2021 853 55.5 15.3 20.3
2022 677 53.0 12.7 20.2
2023 634 53.0 11.9 31.1

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 Fort Mill Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 667 41.9 15.9 n/a
1989 667 41.1 16.2 n/a
1990 733 44.4 16.5 n/a
1991 722 42.6 16.9 14.5
1992 751 42.4 17.7 16.4
1993 819 46.0 17.8 16.8
1994 842 46.0 18.3 17.2
1995 876 50.0 17.5 13.7
1996 876 50.0 17.5 13.7
1997 918 52.5 17.5 12.9
1998 1027 59.0 17.4 13
1999 548 33.0 16.6 24.5
2000 571 38.5 14.8 21.7
2001 612 43.0 14.2 21.9
2002 678 46.0 14.7 23.7
2003 678 46.0 14.7 23.7
2004 684 47.0 14.6 26.1
2005 734 48.0 15.3 24.7
2006 848 56.0 15.1 24.7
2007 609 65.3 9.3 21.7
2008 605 54.0 11.2 24
2009 638 54.0 11.8 25.4
2010 601 50.0 12.0 26.3
2011 755 50.5 14.9 27.3
2012 569 39.0 14.5 26
2013 572 39.0 14.6 29.4
2014 610 41.5 14.6 24.8
2015 680 48.0 14.1 22.9
2016 776 49.0 15.8 18.3
2017 837 57.5 14.5 17.2
2018 606 46.5 13.0 20.3
2019 625 46.5 13.4 21.9
2020 801 53.5 14.9 21.2
2021 853 55.5 15.3 20.3
2022 677 53.0 12.7 20.2
2023 634 53.0 11.9 31.1

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 Fort Mill 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 $96 (0.9%) $47 (0.5%) $143 (1.4%) $8,649 (84.7%) $1,419 (13.9%) $10,069 (98.6%) $10,212
2020 $97 (0.9%) $41 (0.4%) $138 (1.3%) $9,013 (85.7%) $1,365 (13.0%) $10,377 (98.7%) $10,515
2021 $243 (2.6%) $184 (1.9%) $426 (4.5%) $8,045 (84.6%) $1,036 (10.9%) $9,081 (95.5%) $9,507
2022 $408 (4.2%) $234 (2.4%) $642 (6.6%) $7,976 (81.6%) $1,160 (11.9%) $9,135 (93.4%) $9,778
2023 $359 (3.1%) $628 (5.4%) $987 (8.4%) $9,384 (80.3%) $1,317 (11.3%) $10,701 (91.5%) $11,689

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Fort Mill Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 26th of 315 Middle schoolsRanks 16th of 325 Middle schools
 3.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Science (Fort Mill Middle)72.569.5
 3%
   6th Grade Science (York 04)7874.9
 3.1%
   6th Grade Science (South Carolina)47.143
 4.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Mill Middle)6274.9
 12.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (York 04)70.380.2
 9.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)41.153.4
 12.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Fort Mill Middle)61.264.2
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (York 04)77.468.4
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)43.936.7
 7.2%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Mill Middle)64.373
 8.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (York 04)68.776.8
 8.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4450.1
 6.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Fort Mill Middle)7159
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (York 04)67.561.8
 5.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)35.331
 4.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Fort Mill Middle)60.677.5
 16.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (York 04)68.776.8
 8.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)44.553.1
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Fort Mill Middle)63.563.5
   8th Grade Mathematics (York 04)68.663
 5.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)36.631.6
 5%
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Fort Mill Middle)99.999
 0.9%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (York 04)94.290
 4.2%
   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 Students625634
 1.4%
African American9488
 6.4%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian4256
 33.3%
Hispanic4169
 68.3%
Pacific Islander02
White409380
 7.1%
Two or More Races3839
 2.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients21.9%31.1%
 9.2%


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Students at Fort Mill Middle are 60% White, 14% African American, 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 634 students attended Fort Mill Middle.

Yes. Fort Mill Middle ranks in the top 6.2% of South Carolina middle schools.

Students who attend Fort Mill Middle usually go on to attend Nation Ford High


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