Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Chester Middle, Chester, SC

CEP schoolChester Middle is a public middle school in Chester, part of Chester 01 School District. It enrolled 479 students in 2024-25, with 12.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 479
Teachers (FTE): 38.0
Students per teacher: 12.6
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.1. The South Carolina average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.6

District12.1

South Carolina14.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1014 McCandless Road, Chester, SC 29706
Phone: (803)377-8192
District: Chester 01 School District
County: Chester County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 450153000299

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Related schools

Other middle schools in Chester 01 School District

Lewisville Middle 295 students

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.