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)
450111001630	261	Robert Smalls Leadership Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	43 W. K. Alston Drive	Beaufort	29906	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 322-2500	729	74	9.8	100.0%	96 (13.2%)	331 (45.4%)	236 (32.4%)	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.4%)	$18,979	$1,410	$1,615	$3,025	$13,244	$2,710	$15,954	19.7	21.6	255	6
450300000803	262	McCormick Middle	Public	6-8	6979 Highway 28 South	Mc Cormick	29835	McCormick County	McCormick 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 443-2243	125	10	13.1	100.0%	29 (23.2%)	91 (72.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	$17,893	$1,872	$1,985	$3,857	$10,780	$3,256	$14,036	19.5	9.3	311	49
450108000131	263	Guinyard-Butler Middle	Public	7-8	779 Allen Street	Barnwell	29812	Barnwell County	Barnwell 45	No	No	No	No	(803) 541-1370	286	18	15.9	100.0%	108 (37.8%)	141 (49.3%)	14 (4.9%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (5.2%)	$14,181	$866	$1,857	$2,723	$9,998	$1,460	$11,458	19.4	30.9	227	36
450150000549	264	Gaffney Middle	Public	6-8	805 East Frederick Street	Gaffney	29340	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 206-6129	852	65	13.2	100.0%	386 (45.3%)	311 (36.5%)	119 (14.0%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.5%)	$12,831	$938	$1,661	$2,599	$8,904	$1,329	$10,233	19.3	27.2	237	27
450391001289	265	Holly Hill-Roberts Middle	Public	6-8	530 Hesseman Street	Holly Hill	29059	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 496-3818	373	31	11.9	100.0%	38 (10.2%)	309 (82.8%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.5%)	$12,687	$1,389	$822	$2,212	$9,249	$1,227	$10,475	18.9	13.7	288	23
450390801725	266	Creek Bridge STEM Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	6641 South Highway 41	Marion	29571	Marion County	Marion 10	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 362-3500	345	21	16.4	100.0%	45 (13.0%)	269 (78.0%)	17 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)								18.7	15.2	281	15
450258001260	267	A. R. Rucker Middle	Public	6-8	422 Old Dixie Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 416-8555	513	35	14.6	100.0%	154 (30.0%)	254 (49.5%)	75 (14.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.1%)	$11,017	$893	$572	$1,465	$8,262	$1,290	$9,552	18.6	17.7	267
450390901759	268	The South Carolina Preparatory Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1650 E. Greenville St. Suite H	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	Yes	No	(864) 923-6909	692	34	20.6	69.7%	403 (58.2%)	203 (29.3%)	51 (7.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.5%)								18.6	19.2	263	5
450261000699	269	Sanders Middle	Public	6-8	609 Green Street	Laurens	29360	Laurens County	Laurens 55	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 984-0354	289	32	9	100.0%	105 (36.3%)	133 (46.0%)	42 (14.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$14,350	$1,338	$765	$2,103	$10,339	$1,908	$12,247	18.4	25.4	245	24
450391001291	270	Robert E. Howard Middle	Public	6-8	1255 Belleville Road	Orangeburg	29115	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 534-5470	413	25	16.7	100.0%	4 (1.0%)	369 (89.3%)	22 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	$12,368	$1,698	$597	$2,296	$8,570	$1,502	$10,073	18	14.7	283	13

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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.