Best Middle Schools in South Carolina

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish South Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
450090001574	11	Southwood Academy for the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-8	1110 Southwood Street	Anderson	29624	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 260-5205	394	37	10.6	57.4%	258 (65.5%)	84 (21.3%)	28 (7.1%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	$17,138	$531	$702	$1,232	$13,256	$2,650	$15,906	98	97.7	12	1
450390000368	12	Gold Hill Middle	Public	6-8	1025 Dave Gibson Boulevard	Tega Cay	29708	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-8300	855	59	14.4	11.3%	595 (69.6%)	40 (4.7%)	76 (8.9%)	95 (11.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.5%)	$10,428	$420	$594	$1,014	$8,309	$1,105	$9,413	97.7	98.1	9	3
450390001736	13	Forest Creek Middle	Public	6-8	2212 Whites Road	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 396-3450	751	55	13.6	10.4%	532 (70.8%)	74 (9.9%)	59 (7.9%)	52 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.4%)								97.4	95.9	14	1
450144000856	14	East Cooper Montessori Charter	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1120 Rifle Range Road	Mount Pleasant	29464	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 216-2883	432	32	13.6	20.4%	377 (87.3%)	18 (4.2%)	10 (2.3%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.1%)	$12,458	$665	$587	$1,252	$9,971	$1,235	$11,206	96.6	99.4	2	12
450144001610	15	Montessori Community School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	2122 Wood Avenue	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 769-0346	273	18	15.3	23.8%	225 (82.4%)	14 (5.1%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	23 (8.4%)	$18,839	$1,328	$1,297	$2,626	$13,542	$2,671	$16,213	96.2	98.2	8	7
450390901650	16	Gray Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3833 Leaphart Road	West Columbia	29169	Lexington County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 951-3321	803	39	20.5	21.5%	577 (71.9%)	154 (19.2%)	51 (6.4%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.9%)								95.8	93.3	19	3
450111001530	17	Riverview Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	81 Savannah Highway	Beaufort	29906	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 379-0133	703	52	13.4	31.6%	402 (57.2%)	173 (24.6%)	73 (10.4%)	9 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (6.0%)	$14,720	$427	$924	$1,352	$10,527	$2,841	$13,368	95.2	92.5	21	4
450228000739	18	Waccamaw Middle	Public	7-8	247 Wildcat Way	Pawleys Island	29585	Georgetown County	Georgetown 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 237-0106	343	23	14.8	42.3%	257 (74.9%)	61 (17.8%)	18 (5.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$13,715	$2,161	$733	$2,894	$9,157	$1,664	$10,821	94.2	89.3	26	8
450249001458	19	Ocean Bay Middle	Public	6-8	905 International Drive	Myrtle Beach	29579	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 903-8420	715	48	14.8	49.2%	515 (72.0%)	62 (8.7%)	75 (10.5%)	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (6.2%)	$11,487	$1,059	$934	$1,993	$8,390	$1,104	$9,493	93.4	93.9	17	2
450390001155	20	Fort Mill Middle	Public	6-8	200 Springfield Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 547-5553	634	53	11.9	31.1%	380 (59.9%)	88 (13.9%)	69 (10.9%)	56 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.2%)	$11,689	$359	$628	$987	$9,384	$1,317	$10,701	93.1	94.8	16	4

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

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.