Landrum Middle, Landrum SC - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Landrum Middle

Landrum Middle serves grades six through eight as a regular public school within Spartanburg County School District 1. The school is small, with an enrollment that fits its grade band, and it sits in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the city of Landrum. Just west of Interstate 26, the town has a compact, walkable downtown with antique shops and eateries, and the surrounding area is known for horse farms and equestrian activity. Landrum has grown modestly since the last census, and the housing market reflects a moderately priced stock relative to national benchmarks; the typical home value and rents place it within reach for many families working in the broader Spartanburg region.

Academically, the school shows a split picture depending on the subject. On the state's SC Ready assessments, student proficiency in English language arts is solidly above the midpoint among districts in Spartanburg County when all grades are combined. Across the three middle grades, the share of students meeting the proficient or above benchmark rises steadily from sixth to eighth grade, with eighth grade reaching a notably high level. This suggests that the school’s ELA instruction may build effectively as students progress through the grades. Science performance in sixth grade also lands at a level that many families would consider satisfactory.

The math results are softer. Sixth grade math proficiency is a concern, with a relatively low share of students meeting the state standard. Seventh and eighth grade math improves by a meaningful margin, but the overall math proficiency for the school, when averaged across grades, trails the ELA performance. Parents considering this school may want to ask about how the school supports students who are below benchmark in math, especially in the early middle school years. Social studies data is available only from several years ago and under a different assessment, so it does not offer current insight.

The student body is predominantly white, with small shares of Hispanic and Black students. About half of the students come from families with economic need, as measured by free or reduced-price meal eligibility. That is a moderate rate for a public school in this part of the state. The school did not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, so those figures are not available to assess.

No program offerings, discipline records, or staffing ratios were provided in the data, so the depth of course access or extracurricular options cannot be described. The district itself, Spartanburg 01, did not have any recent major changes such as referendums, boundary shifts, or curriculum overhauls reported in the public record used for this profile.

For a family looking at a middle school in this smaller Upstate community, Landrum Middle offers a clear academic strength in English language arts, particularly by eighth grade, while math achievement is more uneven. The setting is a tight-knit town with a walkable core and mountain access, and the school serves a largely homogeneous student population with moderate economic diversity. A parent may want to investigate math support services further.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 49% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 43% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 63% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 768%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 61% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Science

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 59% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 784%

School 84% · District 68% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income83%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income56%Higher-income81%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income63%Higher-income79%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income41%24 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income63%37 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income54%16 pp gap