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)
450207000038	91	Merriwether Middle	Public	6-8	430 Murrah Road	North Augusta	29860	Edgefield County	Edgefield 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 279-2511	367	28	13.1	62.1%	224 (61.0%)	79 (21.5%)	38 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	$11,944	$1,105	$1,080	$2,185	$8,466	$1,293	$9,759	66.6	56	122	31
450231001247	92	Hughes Academy of Science and Technology	Public, Magnet	6-8	122 DeOyley Avenue	Greenville	29605	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 355-6200	1,020	63	16.1	69.4%	349 (34.2%)	341 (33.4%)	271 (26.6%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	44 (4.3%)	$10,474	$909	$699	$1,608	$8,189	$678	$8,867	66.3	62.4	108	16
450354001767	93	Clifdale Middle	Public	6-8	451 Heritage Hill Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 03	No	No	No	No	(864) 279-6200	695	48	14.3	77.8%	449 (64.6%)	109 (15.7%)	83 (11.9%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.8%)								66.2	66.7	92	1
450090001575	94	Glenview Middle	Public	6-8	2575 Old Williamston Road	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	No	No	No	(864) 716-4060	733	51	14.5	69.3%	356 (48.6%)	262 (35.7%)	48 (6.5%)	16 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (6.8%)	$11,402	$760	$647	$1,408	$8,698	$1,297	$9,994	66	71.6	80	14
450249000243	95	Forestbrook Middle	Public	6-8	4430 Gator Lane	Myrtle Beach	29588	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 236-7300	829	52	15.9	73.6%	460 (55.5%)	59 (7.1%)	233 (28.1%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (8.2%)	$12,088	$897	$1,057	$1,954	$8,930	$1,204	$10,134	65.8	68.1	89	6
450333000896	96	Dacusville Middle	Public	6-8	899 Thomas Mill Road	Easley	29640	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-3525	251	23	11	80.9%	225 (89.6%)	2 (0.8%)	19 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$14,588	$1,322	$872	$2,194	$10,824	$1,570	$12,394	65.8	68.5	88	8
450306001288	97	Walhalla Middle	Public	6-8	177 Razorback Lane	Walhalla	29691	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4485	845	62	13.6	68.5%	666 (78.8%)	10 (1.2%)	147 (17.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.4%)	$10,968	$306	$439	$745	$9,475	$748	$10,223	65.5	65.6	97
450282000339	98	Dutch Fork Middle	Public	7-8	1528 Old Tamah Road	Irmo	29063	Richland County	Lexington 05	No	No	No	No	(803) 476-4800	921	72	12.7	57.2%	429 (46.6%)	333 (36.2%)	50 (5.4%)	25 (2.7%)	7 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	74 (8.0%)	$13,229	$368	$552	$920	$10,781	$1,528	$12,309	65.2	69.4	85	13
450390901613	99	Lowcountry Leadership Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5139 Gibson Road	Meggett	29449	Charleston County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 889-5527	516	42	12.4	47.5%	409 (79.3%)	64 (12.4%)	31 (6.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$28,140	$88	$29	$116	$16,848	$11,176	$28,024	65	57.7	116	17
450366001051	100	McCracken Middle	Public	6-8	300 Webber Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	No	No	No	(864) 594-4457	926	71	13	77.8%	429 (46.3%)	354 (38.2%)	79 (8.5%)	23 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.2%)	$12,431	$522	$1,151	$1,673	$9,382	$1,376	$10,759	64.7	58.3	115	15

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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.