W. G. Sanders Middle Middle School
3455 Pine Belt Rd Columbia SC, 29204, Richland County Phone: 803-735-7575 Ranking:  (806 out of 841, bottom 4%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Richland School District 1 Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 29 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 38 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 391 | 395 | 409 | 411 | 412 | 400 | 433 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 119 | 30.4% | 126 | 31.9% | 124 | 30.3% | 131 | 31.9% | 147 | 35.7% | 138 | 34.5% | 118 | 27.3% |
| Grade 7: | 138 | 35.3% | 132 | 33.4% | 136 | 33.3% | 145 | 35.3% | 148 | 35.9% | 115 | 28.8% | 154 | 35.6% |
| Grade 8: | 134 | 34.3% | 137 | 34.7% | 149 | 36.4% | 135 | 32.8% | 117 | 28.4% | 147 | 36.8% | 161 | 37.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 184 | 47.1% | 202 | 51.1% | 217 | 53.1% | 201 | 48.9% | 191 | 46.4% | 193 | 48.3% | 207 | 47.8% |
| Female: | 207 | 52.9% | 193 | 48.9% | 192 | 46.9% | 210 | 51.1% | 213 | 51.7% | 199 | 49.8% | 222 | 51.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 10 | 2.6% | 8 | 2.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Black: | 362 | 92.6% | 372 | 94.2% | 393 | 96.1% | 392 | 95.4% | 402 | 97.6% | 393 | 98.3% | 423 | 97.7% |
| White: | 8 | 2.0% | 5 | 1.3% | 4 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.9% | 6 | 1.5% | 9 | 2.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 9 | 2.3% | 8 | 2.0% | 8 | 2.0% | 9 | 2.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 298 | 76.2% | 295 | 74.7% | 313 | 76.5% | 309 | 75.2% | 297 | 72.1% | 251 | 62.8% | 280 | 64.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 12 | 3.1% | 12 | 3.0% | 24 | 5.9% | 16 | 3.9% | 22 | 5.3% | 22 | 5.5% | 31 | 7.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.48 | 12.34 | 14.10 | 13.70 | 13.29 | 12.10 | 11.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 60.9% | 65.7% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 54.8% | 64% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 54.7% | 63.5% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 58.2% | 69.1% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 57% | 62.4% | 70.9% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 66.8% | 74.8% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 63.8% | 71.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 64.7% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 62.7% | 70.3% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 60.7% | 69.7% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 66.3% | 74.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 63.4% | 75.5% |
| 2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 66.3% | 77.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 68.7% | 78.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 67.2% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 65.6% | 77.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 64.5% | 75.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 59% | 70.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 60.4% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 63.3% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 65.3% | 73.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 59.3% | 71.3% |
| 2003 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 49% | 50.2% | 58.4% |
| 2004 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 42.1% | 54.2% |
| 2005 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 31% | 43.3% | 56.2% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 36.3% | 51.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 43.8% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 42.5% | 56.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 60% | 51.5% | 63.9% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 47.3% | 60.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 56.2% | 64.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 55.7% | 66.2% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 41% | 58.9% | 68.3% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 54.4% | 59.6% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 54.9% | 64.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 57.7% | 64.9% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 57.2% | 67.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 67.5% | 77.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 70.8% | 77.8% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 70.2% | 79.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 73.8% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 71.2% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 73% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 72.7% | 78% |
| 2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 59.5% | 70.3% |
| 2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 63.6% | 71.9% |
| 2013 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 68.2% | 74.7% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 62.5% | 70.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 64.8% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 64.5% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 46% | 60% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 59.5% | 69.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 65.1% | 73% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 60% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 58.4% | 69.1% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 60% | 68.4% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 64.4% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 63% | 73.2% |
| 2003 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 54.2% | 68.8% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 57.7% | 71.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 60.6% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 61.7% | 74.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 63.3% | 76.8% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 68.2% | 77.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 58.1% | 69.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 55.5% | 67% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 57.6% | 69.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 63.1% | 71.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.5% | 54.1% | 68.3% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 47.5% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 53.8% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.1% | 49.5% | 61.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 46.2% | 57% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 55.7% | 64.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 63% | 69.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 63.7% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 63.1% | 73.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 62.6% | 71.7% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 67.6% | 74.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 70% | 75.5% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 47.9% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 48% | 60% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 27% | 46.7% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 38% | 44% | 53.9% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 50.6% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 46.5% | 56.4% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 50.4% | 60.3% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 54% | 62% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 54.1% | 63.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 63% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 61.5% | 68.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 61% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 53.7% | 69.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 69.3% | 76.5% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 55.3% | 66.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 63.2% | 73.3% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 66.9% | 74.7% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 63.6% | 72.7% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 63.9% | 71.3% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 62.7% | 71% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.3% | 58.3% | 67.5% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 56% | 63.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 57.9% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 63.7% | 69.8% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 59.9% | 67.5% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.1% | 54% | 67.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 53.4% | 67.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 41% | 52.7% | 66.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 31% | 49.7% | 65.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 53.1% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 54.6% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 38% | 46.7% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 52.7% | 63.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 59.6% | 69.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 57.8% | 68.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 57.9% | 70.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 40.9% | 56.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 43.8% | 58.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 47.5% | 60% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 45.4% | 60.1% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 53.1% | 63.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 51.6% | 63.4% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 49.9% | 62.3% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 59.2% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 56.7% | 70.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 68.8% | 75.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 63.9% | 71% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 47% | 60.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 50.6% | 64.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 35% | 51.2% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.2% | 57.8% | 67.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 59.7% | 65.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 61% | 68.7% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 62.1% | 69.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 60.6% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 64.2% | 71.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 65.4% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 64.2% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 58.3% | 68.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 65.2% | 71.9% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 57.1% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 68.8% | 74.1% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 66.6% | 75.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 33.3% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 66.7% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 19.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 17.9% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 82.1% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $45,416.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,595.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $49,836.0 |
* W. G. Sanders Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.