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)
450390101781	321	Polaris Technical Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1508 Grays Highway	Ridgeland	29936	Jasper County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(843) 645-0605	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								7			(n/a)
450144001660	322	Simmons Pinckney Middle	Public	6-8	244 President Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 724-7789	219	27	8.1	100.0%	4 (1.8%)	208 (95.0%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$22,040	$2,730	$1,049	$3,778	$15,295	$2,967	$18,261	6.7	6.1	324	2
450390200511	323	Chestnut Oaks Middle	Public	6-8	1200 Oswego Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-7272	396	20	19.8	100.0%	17 (4.3%)	333 (84.1%)	34 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.5%)	$10,421	$1,350	$939	$2,289	$6,684	$1,448	$8,132	6.6	6.4	320	3
450391000850	324	Bethune-Bowman Middle/High	Public	6-12	4857 Charleston Highway	Rowesville	29133	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 516-6011	374	25	14.8	100.0%	23 (6.1%)	296 (79.1%)	49 (13.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$12,752	$1,406	$875	$2,281	$9,218	$1,253	$10,471	6.5	7.1	318	6
450144000250	325	Baptist Hill High	Public	6-12	5117 Baptist Hill Road	Hollywood	29449	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 889-2276	552	48	11.5	100.0%	26 (4.7%)	410 (74.3%)	95 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$22,827	$1,979	$3,002	$4,981	$13,323	$4,523	$17,846	5.7	6.4	321	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:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.