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)
450276001274	181	Batesburg-Leesville Middle School	Public	6-8	425 Shealy Road	Batesburg-Leesville	29006	Lexington County	Lexington 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 532-3831	456	33	14	100.0%	228 (50.0%)	136 (29.8%)	76 (16.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$11,365	$592	$515	$1,107	$8,902	$1,356	$10,258	41.5	46	165	16
450069000010	182	Wright Middle	Public	6-8	111 Highway 71	Abbeville	29620	Abbeville County	Abbeville 60	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 366-5998	346	33	10.6	100.0%	158 (45.7%)	168 (48.6%)	13 (3.8%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$11,636	$970	$720	$1,691	$8,506	$1,439	$9,945	41.2	37.4	200	18
450249001178	183	Whittemore Park Middle	Public	6-8	1808 Rhue Street	Conway	29527	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 488-0669	892	62	14.3	100.0%	392 (43.9%)	281 (31.5%)	154 (17.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	58 (6.5%)	$12,231	$1,177	$1,163	$2,340	$8,870	$1,021	$9,891	40.6	40.1	190	7
450390901590	184	Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts and Sciences Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	400 John Smith Road	Hardeeville	29927	Jasper County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 784-2630	655	51	12.7	98.6%	107 (16.3%)	181 (27.6%)	350 (53.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)								40.1	55.1	130	54
450336001299	185	W. G. Sanders Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3455 Pine Belt Road	Columbia	29204	Richland County	Richland 01	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 735-7575	533	47	11.3	100.0%	57 (10.7%)	400 (75.0%)	47 (8.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$18,895	$1,596	$1,018	$2,614	$13,683	$2,598	$16,281	40	38.9	195	10
450264001264	186	Clinton Middle	Public	6-8	800 North Adair Street	Clinton	29325	Laurens County	Laurens 56	No	No	No	No	(864) 833-0807	663	47	14.2	100.0%	339 (51.1%)	247 (37.3%)	45 (6.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.1%)	$12,626	$899	$1,845	$2,743	$8,388	$1,495	$9,882	39.2	40.7	185	1
450210000421	187	Fairfield Middle	Public	7-8	728 US Highway 321 Bypass Sout	Winnsboro	29180	Fairfield County	Fairfield 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 635-4270	337	40	8.4	100.0%	30 (8.9%)	291 (86.4%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$24,393	$4,594	$1,580	$6,174	$15,644	$2,575	$18,219	39.2	37.9	198	11
450273001273	188	R. H. Fulmer Middle	Public	6-8	1614 Walterboro St.	West Columbia	29170	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 822-5660	568	46	12.3	100.0%	252 (44.4%)	186 (32.7%)	83 (14.6%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.2%)	$11,460	$724	$1,366	$2,090	$7,857	$1,513	$9,370	39.1	45.3	167	21
450192000380	189	Lake View High	Public	6-12	401 East Third Avenue	Lake View	29563	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 759-3009	523	37	14.1	100.0%	268 (51.2%)	197 (37.7%)	17 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.6%)	$12,022	$1,095	$1,249	$2,344	$8,301	$1,378	$9,679	39	40.3	188	1
450390201063	190	Alice Drive Middle	Public	6-8	40 Miller Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0821	841	48	17.5	100.0%	285 (33.9%)	446 (53.0%)	49 (5.8%)	31 (3.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.1%)	$9,226	$715	$633	$1,348	$7,074	$804	$7,878	38.4	43	178	12

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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.
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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.