Overview of Hand Middle: Hand Middle is a public school situated in Columbia, SC, which is in a mid-size city environment. The learner population of Hand Middle is 849, and the school serves 6-8. At Hand Middle, 41% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 47% scored above or at that level for reading.

The school’s minority learner population is 64%. The learner-teacher ratio is 14:1, which is worse than that of the district.

The learner population is made up of 49% female learners and 51% male learners. The school serves 100% economically disadvantaged learners. There are 62 equivalent full-time teachers and 2 full-time school counselors

Learners/Teachers at Hand Middle: These counts and percentages of learners and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government

Test Scores at Hand Middle: At Hand Middle, 41% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 47% scored above or at that level for reading.

Juxtaposed with the district, the school performed better in math and better in reading, according to this measure. In Richland 01, 30% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 31% tested above or at that level for math.

Hand Middle did worse in math and better in reading in this measure juxtaposed with learners around the state. In South Carolina, 39% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 43% tested above or at that level for math