Best Middle Schools in South Carolina for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in South Carolina!

Every year, the South Carolina Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 183)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450144000430	1	Thomas C. Cario Middle	Public	6-8	3500 Thomas Cario Boulevard	Mount Pleasant	29466	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 856-4595	1,125	63	17.8	14.8%	953 (84.7%)	46 (4.1%)	55 (4.9%)	32 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.3%)	$11,398	$826	$522	$1,348	$8,093	$1,957	$10,050	99.5%	99.1%	0.38%
450390001102	2	Springfield Middle	Public	6-8	1711 Springfield Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-8199	691	57	12.1	43.6%	291 (42.1%)	108 (15.6%)	149 (21.6%)	87 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (7.8%)	$11,761	$489	$416	$904	$9,605	$1,252	$10,857	98.9%	90.8%	8.14%
450087001326	3	Riverside Middle	Public	7-8	458 Riverside Street	Pendleton	29670	Anderson County	Anderson 04	No	No	No	No	(864) 403-2200	426	33	12.9	62.7%	303 (71.1%)	62 (14.6%)	28 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.0%)	$13,280	$680	$1,290	$1,970	$9,450	$1,860	$11,310	98.4%	88.3%	10.05%
450144001218	4	Moultrie Middle	Public	6-8	645 Coleman Boulevard	Mount Pleasant	29464	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 849-2819	1,119	62	17.9	22.0%	936 (83.6%)	78 (7.0%)	45 (4.0%)	28 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (2.7%)	$11,468	$790	$707	$1,498	$7,923	$2,047	$9,971	97.8%	98.8%	0.96%
450117001472	5	Daniel Island School	Public	K-8	2365 Daniel Island Drive	Charleston	29492	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 471-2301	1,170	75	15.6	3.8%	1,024 (87.5%)	31 (2.6%)	39 (3.3%)	28 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (4.1%)	$10,428	$698	$543	$1,241	$7,709	$1,478	$9,187	97.3%	98.2%	0.89%
450144001505	6	Charleston Charter School for Math and Science	Public, Charter	6-12	1002 King Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 720-3085	547	50	10.9	65.3%	195 (35.6%)	286 (52.3%)	46 (8.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.9%)	$14,691	$1,078	$836	$1,914	$10,082	$2,696	$12,777	96.7%	77.2%	19.49%
450390001155	7	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	96.2%	93.8%	2.33%
450351001002	8	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	95.6%	74.2%	21.47%
450390001736	9	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%)								95.1%	96.0%	0.92%
450231001245	10	Hillcrest Middle	Public	6-8	510 Garrison Road	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-6100	986	58	17.1	51.6%	615 (62.4%)	219 (22.2%)	105 (10.6%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.1%)	$10,456	$900	$606	$1,506	$8,323	$627	$8,950	94.5%	87.7%	6.84%

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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:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.