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New Heights Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
5738 Highway 151
Jefferson, SC 29718
Phone
(843) 658-6830
District
Chesterfield 01
County
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
531
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

1

(10 is best)

Better than 7.2% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

New Heights Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
45%
33%
53%
16%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
26%
40%
34%
50%
17%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
16%
42%
26%
53%
7%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 183 34.5%
Grade 7 170 32.0%
Grade 8 178 33.5%
Total 531 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 39.8% 51.8% 50.8%
Black 42.0% 38.4% 33.4%
Hispanic 17.4% 8.9% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 0.6% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 43,536 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 54.5 174
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.3% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.9% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,116 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 9.8% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.4% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.9% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.0% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.1% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.4% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 14.2% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,323 $44,382,000 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $5,901,529 6.7%
Staff $792 $5,562,000 6.3%
General Administration $106 $746,000 0.8%
School Administration $769 $5,401,000 6.1%
Operation $1,199 $8,414,000 9.5%
Transportation $361 $2,535,471 2.9%
Other $862 $6,052,000 6.9%
Total Support $4,931 $34,612,000 39.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,321 $9,270,000 10.5%
Total Expenditures $12,575 $88,264,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,168 $5,657,337,000 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $903 $712,782,320 6.1%
Staff $704 $555,750,000 4.8%
General Administration $104 $82,105,000 0.7%
School Administration $780 $615,561,000 5.3%
Operation $1,170 $923,498,000 7.9%
Transportation $430 $339,663,680 2.9%
Other $537 $424,054,000 3.6%
Total Support $4,629 $3,653,414,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,013 $2,378,175,000 20.3%
Total Expenditures $14,811 $11,688,926,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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