Best Middle Schools in South Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the SC READY test scores by the South Carolina Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 325)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
450072001321	201	Jackson STEM Magnet	Public, Magnet	6-8	18371 Atomic Road	Jackson	29831	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 279-3525	373	21	17.7	100.0%	165 (44.2%)	163 (43.7%)	25 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.8%)	$11,365	$1,097	$506	$1,603	$8,976	$786	$9,762	36.3	35.6	206	5
450249000637	202	Loris Middle	Public	6-8	5209 Highway 66	Loris	29569	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 756-2181	720	52	13.8	100.0%	318 (44.2%)	254 (35.3%)	87 (12.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.8%)	$13,289	$1,921	$1,138	$3,059	$9,117	$1,112	$10,230	35.6	34.8	211	9
450297001433	203	Wallace Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	3643 Highway 9 West	Wallace	29596	Marlboro County	Marlboro 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 537-7493	432	31	13.9	100.0%	219 (50.7%)	154 (35.6%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.4%)	$12,289	$1,949	$1,396	$3,345	$7,447	$1,497	$8,944	35.5	35.5	207	4
450186000098	204	Darlington Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	150 Pinedale Drive	Darlington	29532	Darlington County	Darlington 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 398-5088	919	66	13.9	100.0%	223 (24.3%)	548 (59.6%)	49 (5.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (10.6%)	$14,059	$1,907	$1,647	$3,554	$9,230	$1,275	$10,505	35.4	37.8	199	5
450339000927	205	Kelly Mill Middle	Public, Magnet	2-8	1141 Kelly Mill Road	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 691-7210	1,058	65	16.2	60.3%	146 (13.8%)	740 (69.9%)	86 (8.1%)	23 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (5.7%)	$12,497	$628	$832	$1,460	$9,681	$1,357	$11,037	34.8	47.8	160	45
450156000317	206	McBee High	Public	6-12	264 East Pine Avenue	Mc Bee	29101	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 335-8251	533	44	12.1	100.0%	384 (72.0%)	87 (16.3%)	46 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	$12,474	$847	$945	$1,791	$8,780	$1,902	$10,682	34.5	50.2	151	55
450390901699	207	Virtus Academy of South Carolina	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	2407 Pisgah Road	Florence	29501	Florence County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 799-4032	614	46	13.3	80.8%	366 (59.6%)	169 (27.5%)	25 (4.1%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (7.8%)								34.2	49	155	52
450261001622	208	Hickory Tavern Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	163 Neely Ferry Road	Gray Court	29645	Laurens County	Laurens 55	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 575-2126	649	47	13.8	100.0%	551 (84.9%)	43 (6.6%)	34 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	$12,521	$1,095	$676	$1,771	$8,999	$1,751	$10,750	34.2	36.4	202	6
450339000973	209	E. L. Wright Middle	Public, Magnet	K-8	2740 Alpine Road	Columbia	29223	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 736-8740	1,354	87	15.4	64.5%	235 (17.4%)	743 (54.9%)	224 (16.5%)	89 (6.6%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	56 (4.1%)	$12,349	$327	$1,816	$2,143	$8,859	$1,347	$10,206	33.9	44.3	172	37
450387001148	210	Rawlinson Road Middle	Public	6-8	2631 West Main Street	Rock Hill	29732	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 981-1500	661	47	13.9	100.0%	196 (29.7%)	351 (53.1%)	68 (10.3%)	10 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.0%)	$15,570	$1,043	$1,310	$2,353	$11,583	$1,634	$13,217	33.8	34	215	5

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SC READY English Language Arts, SC READY Mathematics test scores released by the South Carolina Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Carolina Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the South Carolina Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.