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)
450390101739	171	GREEN Charter School Lowcountry	Public, Charter	K-8	8717 Old University Boulevard	N Charleston	29406	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 501-7911	196	20	9.8	44.4%	45 (23.0%)	113 (57.7%)	20 (10.2%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.1%)								43.6			(n/a)
450255000766	172	North Central Middle	Public	6-8	805 Keys Lane	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 424-2740	420	32	13.1	100.0%	271 (64.5%)	79 (18.8%)	38 (9.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.4%)	$12,644	$1,494	$804	$2,298	$8,393	$1,953	$10,346	43.6	48.3	158	14
450381001412	173	York Middle	Public	7-8	1010 DeVinney Road	York	29745	York County	York 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 684-5008	814	55	14.9	72.1%	523 (64.3%)	145 (17.8%)	85 (10.4%)	10 (1.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.8%)	$12,448	$616	$1,407	$2,023	$8,802	$1,623	$10,425	43.4	39.2	194	21
450390901758	174	Lowcountry Connection Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1520 Old Trolley Road	Summerville	29485	Dorchester County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	Yes	No	(843) 695-9305	528	16	33	62.9%	314 (59.5%)	136 (25.8%)	29 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.0%)								43.4	31.4	225	51
450255001257	175	Camden Middle	Public	6-8	902 McRae Road	Camden	29020	Kershaw County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 425-8975	828	62	13.3	100.0%	365 (44.1%)	309 (37.3%)	111 (13.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.0%)	$10,730	$949	$608	$1,557	$7,468	$1,704	$9,173	42.7	40.6	187	12
450282000758	176	Irmo Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	6051 Wescott Road	Columbia	29212	Lexington County	Lexington 05	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 476-3600	1,011	90	11.2	100.0%	356 (35.2%)	477 (47.2%)	67 (6.6%)	25 (2.5%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.8%)	75 (7.4%)	$13,010	$302	$442	$744	$10,875	$1,390	$12,266	42.7	49	156	20
450213001332	177	Southside Middle	Public	6-8	209 W. Jones Paul Road	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8467	1,100	72	15.2	100.0%	378 (34.4%)	569 (51.7%)	64 (5.8%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (7.4%)	$13,178	$837	$1,290	$2,127	$9,494	$1,557	$11,051	42.4	41.5	181	4
450339001443	178	Summit Parkway Middle	Public, Magnet	K-8	200 Summit Parkway	Columbia	29229	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 699-3580	1,154	75	15.4	61.7%	191 (16.6%)	701 (60.7%)	150 (13.0%)	26 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (7.2%)	$12,041	$281	$609	$891	$9,841	$1,310	$11,151	42.2	43.5	177	1
450144000222	179	Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4542 Simms Street	North Charleston	29406	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 745-7105	424	33	12.8	100.0%	190 (44.8%)	142 (33.5%)	44 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (11.1%)	$20,241	$2,481	$1,355	$3,836	$13,874	$2,530	$16,404	42.1	49.9	152	27
450391401327	180	Williston-Elko Middle	Public	6-8	12233 Main Street	Williston	29853	Barnwell County	Barnwell 48	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 266-3430	169	14	12	52.1%	60 (35.5%)	94 (55.6%)	8 (4.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)								41.7	26.4	243	63

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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.