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)
450336001300	141	Hand Middle	Public	6-8	2600 Wheat Street	Columbia	29205	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 343-2947	700	59	11.8	100.0%	201 (28.7%)	367 (52.4%)	85 (12.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (6.0%)	$16,810	$748	$825	$1,572	$13,026	$2,212	$15,238	52.2	48.7	157	16
450390901755	142	Cherokee Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3206 Cherokee Avenue	Gaffney	29340	Cherokee County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 489-7198	516	45	11.5	99.4%	367 (71.1%)	84 (16.3%)	45 (8.7%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.3%)								52	67.4	90	52
450195000390	143	Latta Middle	Public	5-8	612 North Richardson Street	Latta	29565	Dillon County	Dillon 03	No	No	No	No	(843) 752-7117	470	27	17.4	79.4%	243 (51.7%)	178 (37.9%)	15 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.3%)	$9,828	$1,274	$1,186	$2,460	$6,759	$608	$7,367	51.9	54.8	131	12
450391900684	144	Horse Creek Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1200 Toolebeck Road	Aiken	29803	Aiken County	Limestone Charters Association	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 646-3506	1,308	103	12.6	0.2%	993 (75.9%)	203 (15.5%)	44 (3.4%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (4.5%)								51.6	56	123	21
450390901513	145	South Carolina Virtual Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2023 Platt Springs Road	West Columbia	29169	Lexington County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	Yes	No	(803) 253-6222	2,350	131	17.9	53.9%	1,332 (56.7%)	687 (29.2%)	204 (8.7%)	18 (0.8%)	10 (0.4%)	7 (0.3%)	92 (3.9%)								51.5	53.8	135	10
450111000547	146	Beaufort Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2501 Mossy Oaks Boulevard	Beaufort	29902	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 322-5700	371	42	8.8	100.0%	134 (36.1%)	155 (41.8%)	48 (12.9%)	6 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.0%)	$20,941	$1,220	$1,660	$2,880	$14,272	$3,789	$18,060	51.5	40.6	186	40
450144000249	147	C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art	Public, Magnet	6-8	3090 Sanders Road	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 763-1529	1,241	88	14.1	58.8%	520 (41.9%)	470 (37.9%)	120 (9.7%)	31 (2.5%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	92 (7.4%)	$15,546	$1,530	$1,018	$2,548	$9,868	$3,130	$12,998	51.2	50.4	150	3
450270001493	148	Carolina Springs Middle	Public	6-8	6180 Platt Springs Road	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-4900	805	64	12.5	57.0%	400 (49.7%)	236 (29.3%)	101 (12.5%)	14 (1.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.3%)	$11,919	$749	$475	$1,225	$9,614	$1,080	$10,694	50.9	50.4	148
450153001020	149	Academy for Teaching and Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	109 Hinton Street	Chester	29706	Chester County	Chester 01	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 385-6334	319	25	12.7	100.0%	253 (79.3%)	56 (17.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$13,911	$2,293	$1,026	$3,319	$8,643	$1,949	$10,592	50.7	47.9	159	10
450333001293	150	Pickens Middle	Public	6-8	140 Torch Lane	Pickens	29671	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-4100	525	38	13.8	78.3%	432 (82.3%)	22 (4.2%)	42 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.1%)	$11,137	$887	$664	$1,551	$8,540	$1,045	$9,586	50.3	54.7	132	18

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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.