Schofield Normal and Industrial School was a school for African Americans in Aiken, South Carolina.^[1] It is now a public middle school.

The school was founded by the Freedmen's Bureau in 1866.^[2] Martha Schofield, a Quaker from Pennsylvania became its superintendent. It became a boarding school and taught trades and trained teachers. It was merged into the public school system in 1952.^[3] It was integrated in the 1960s and became a middle school.^[4]

Isaac Fisher taught at the school.^[5] Nick Aaron Ford taught at the school.

Martha Schofield was also a political activist.^[6] She wrote to her sister on school stationery.^[7]

Sanford P. Brady, an alumnus of the school, became its first African American superintendent. A belltower from the school that topped its Carter Hall is extant. A historical marker commemorates the school's history.^[2] Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College has a collection of papers from the school.^[3] The school is part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network.^[8]

Schofield Middle School is a public school in Aiken. It is on Sumter Street.^[9] As of 2021, more than half the student body is African American.^[10]

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