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)
450144000228	81	James Simons Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	741 King Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 724-7763	360	26	14	100.0%	192 (53.3%)	131 (36.4%)	17 (4.7%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$20,866	$1,755	$1,672	$3,428	$14,819	$2,620	$17,439	68.7	44.3	173	92
450390101639	82	High Point Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6655 Pottery Road	Spartanburg	29303	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(864) 316-9788	1,251	94	13.2	69.5%	812 (64.9%)	225 (18.0%)	114 (9.1%)	14 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (6.8%)	$10,995	$721	$854	$1,575	$6,791	$2,629	$9,420	68.7	64.2	101	19
450249000872	83	Aynor Middle	Public	6-8	400 Frye Road	Galivants Ferry	29544	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 358-6000	769	50	15.3	69.2%	590 (76.7%)	60 (7.8%)	70 (9.1%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.6%)	$11,954	$833	$1,013	$1,846	$9,073	$1,035	$10,108	68.5	72.2	77	6
450351001002	84	Boiling Springs Middle	Public	6-8	4801 Highway 9	Inman	29349	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 02	No	No	No	No	(864) 578-5954	1,068	64	16.8	70.2%	683 (64.0%)	157 (14.7%)	90 (8.4%)	41 (3.8%)	12 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (8.0%)	$10,203	$368	$899	$1,267	$7,709	$1,227	$8,936	68.1	67.3	91	7
450390101722	85	Green Charter School Spartanburg	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	8150 Warren H. Abernathy Highw	Spartanburg	29301	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 586-3939	454	34	13.3	38.8%	217 (47.8%)	99 (21.8%)	62 (13.7%)	40 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (7.3%)								68.1	73.8	73	12
450348000983	86	Campobello-Gramling School	Public	PK, KG-8	250 Fagan Avenue	Campobello	29322	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 472-9110	814	50	16.2	60.8%	702 (86.2%)	23 (2.8%)	50 (6.1%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	25 (3.1%)	$10,182	$268	$774	$1,042	$7,800	$1,340	$9,139	67.5	79	65	21
450348000060	87	Landrum Middle	Public	6-8	104 Redland Road	Landrum	29356	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 457-2629	218	17	12.8	56.0%	183 (83.9%)	10 (4.6%)	17 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$14,338	$624	$700	$1,323	$11,462	$1,552	$13,014	67.3	72.3	76	11
450348000990	88	T.E. Mabry Middle	Public	7-8	35 Oakland Avenue	Inman	29349	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 472-8402	444	36	12.3	73.0%	312 (70.3%)	50 (11.3%)	36 (8.1%)	15 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.0%)	$10,185	$694	$596	$1,291	$7,781	$1,113	$8,894	67.1	63.3	105	17
450144001628	89	Carolina Voyager Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	721 Wappoo Road	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 203-3891	371	32	11.7	50.7%	242 (65.2%)	78 (21.0%)	19 (5.1%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.0%)	$11,104	$1,150	$1,137	$2,287	$7,049	$1,767	$8,816	67	52.9	138	49
450213000438	90	John W. Moore Middle	Public	6-8	191 Westfield Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8171	1,044	64	16.3	72.7%	392 (37.5%)	475 (45.5%)	79 (7.6%)	30 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (6.5%)	$12,348	$662	$2,048	$2,710	$8,348	$1,290	$9,639	66.8	69.9	83	7

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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.