Schools in Sumter
Sumter School District, the unified countywide district, carries a middling overall 3.7-star Niche rating, with real, meaningful variance by individual school -- from Crestwood High's C- to Alice Drive Elementary's B -- a disclosed spread rather than one uniform district-wide quality level.
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Learn moreA middling overall district rating, with real school-by-school variance
Sumter School District carries an overall 3.7-star Niche average across 94 reviews -- not a top-tier district-wide rating. Individual schools vary meaningfully within it: Sumter High School earned a B- overall grade while Crestwood High School earned a C-; at the elementary level, Alice Drive Elementary earned a B and Wilder Elementary a B-, while several middle schools in the district earned grades in the C- to C+ range.
Confirm the specific zoned school for any address
Because individual schools within the unified Sumter School District carry meaningfully different Niche grades, a family's specific address and its assigned school matter more here than a single district-wide rating would suggest -- confirm the zoned school directly rather than assuming one citywide quality level applies.
What this research pass could not confirm
State test-score proficiency percentages and a fuller breakdown of all individual schools within Sumter School District were not independently confirmed to precise, current figures this pass -- disclosed as a research gap rather than filled with an assumed number.
Key takeaways
- Sumter School District carries an overall 3.7-star Niche rating (94 reviews) -- a middling, not top-tier, district-wide figure.
- Individual schools vary meaningfully: Sumter High (B-) vs. Crestwood High (C-); Alice Drive Elementary (B) vs. Wilder Elementary (B-); several middle schools in the C- to C+ range.
- Confirm the specific zoned school for any address before relying on one district-wide rating.
- Precise state test-score proficiency figures for Sumter School District were not confirmed this research pass -- disclosed as a gap.
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