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)
450387001146	191	Castle Heights Middle	Public	6-8	2382 Firetower Road	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 981-1400	738	50	14.7	100.0%	310 (42.0%)	259 (35.1%)	77 (10.4%)	9 (1.2%)	34 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.6%)	$13,588	$509	$1,100	$1,609	$10,485	$1,494	$11,979	38.3	34.8	210	19
450150000271	192	Blacksburg Middle	Public	6-8	101 London Street	Blacksburg	29702	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 206-6829	360	27	13.3	72.5%	294 (81.7%)	28 (7.8%)	20 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	$13,231	$1,009	$1,724	$2,733	$9,043	$1,455	$10,498	38.1	43.8	176	16
450144001655	193	Allegro Charter School of Music	Public, Charter	6-12	2731 Gordon Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 321-7104	229	31	7.4	86.9%	63 (27.5%)	137 (59.8%)	19 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.4%)	$17,303	$2,582	$352	$2,934	$10,983	$3,386	$14,369	37.4	36.7	201	8
450219001709	194	J. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet	Public, Magnet	6-12	319 Carlisle Street	Lake City	29560	Florence County	Florence 03	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 374-8685	521	38	13.6	100.0%	221 (42.4%)	247 (47.4%)	31 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.0%)								37.1	23.7	249	55
450231000546	195	Bryson Middle	Public	6-8	3657 South Industrial Drive	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-2100	920	55	16.8	80.3%	352 (38.3%)	343 (37.3%)	156 (17.0%)	8 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	55 (6.0%)	$10,263	$864	$643	$1,507	$7,976	$779	$8,755	37	38.2	197	2
450306001477	196	West Oak Middle	Public	6-8	501 Westminster Highway	Westminster	29693	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4525	697	53	13	85.5%	600 (86.1%)	20 (2.9%)	57 (8.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.2%)	$12,633	$890	$471	$1,361	$10,342	$929	$11,272	37	42.1	180	16
450117001208	197	Macedonia Middle	Public	6-8	200 Macedonia Foxes Circle	Moncks Corner	29461	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 899-8940	383	26	14.7	100.0%	277 (72.3%)	73 (19.1%)	11 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.2%)	$14,907	$2,292	$778	$3,071	$10,290	$1,546	$11,836	36.8	39.4	192	5
450391500326	198	Manning Junior High	Public	7-8	1101 W.L. Hamilton Road	Manning	29102	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 435-8195	362	26	13.9	0.8%	85 (23.5%)	242 (66.9%)	21 (5.8%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)								36.7	34.6	213	15
450201000403	199	Alston Middle	Public	6-8	500 Bryan Street	Summerville	29483	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 873-3890	822	55	14.9	81.0%	366 (44.5%)	270 (32.8%)	112 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (8.8%)	$10,095	$630	$706	$1,336	$7,478	$1,281	$8,759	36.5	45.1	169	30
450153000300	200	Great Falls High	Public	6-12	409 Sunset Avenue	Great Falls	29055	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 482-2210	386	33	11.6	77.7%	189 (49.0%)	159 (41.2%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (7.3%)	$16,469	$1,537	$1,431	$2,968	$10,763	$2,739	$13,502	36.5	31.8	222	22

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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.