Best Middle Schools in South Carolina for Military Connected 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, Military Connected 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 13)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450255001257	1	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	92.3%	46.2%	46.15%
450117001158	2	Marrington Middle School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-8	109 Gearing Street	Goose Creek	29445	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 572-0313	400	26	15.5	22.3%	252 (63.0%)	69 (17.3%)	39 (9.8%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.0%)	$15,424	$2,606	$634	$3,240	$10,665	$1,519	$12,184	84.6%	93.5%	8.92%
450117001608	3	Cane Bay Middle	Public	5-8	1175 Cane Bay Boulevard	Summerville	29486	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 899-1857	1,487	81	18.3	29.5%	884 (59.4%)	247 (16.6%)	156 (10.5%)	29 (2.0%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	168 (11.3%)	$9,073	$359	$640	$999	$6,625	$1,449	$8,074	76.9%	67.7%	9.23%
450390201063	4	Alice Drive Middle	Public	6-8	40 Miller Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0821	841	48	17.5	100.0%	285 (33.9%)	446 (53.0%)	49 (5.8%)	31 (3.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.1%)	$9,226	$715	$633	$1,348	$7,074	$804	$7,878	69.2%	41.5%	27.69%
450339000203	5	Blythewood Middle	Public	6-8	2351 Longtown Road East	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 691-6850	796	52	15.4	45.7%	221 (27.8%)	459 (57.7%)	63 (7.9%)	15 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.8%)	$11,090	$476	$575	$1,051	$8,692	$1,347	$10,039	61.5%	77.5%	16.00%
450255000465	6	Leslie M. Stover Middle	Public	6-8	1649 Smyrna Road	Elgin	29045	Kershaw County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 438-7414	697	40	17.4	71.6%	354 (50.8%)	179 (25.7%)	90 (12.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	69 (9.9%)	$11,286	$830	$754	$1,584	$7,980	$1,722	$9,702	53.8%	48.9%	4.92%
450201001406	7	Oakbrook Middle	Public	6-8	286 Old Fort Road	Ladson	29456	Berkeley County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 873-9750	1,006	62	16.3	67.2%	397 (39.5%)	355 (35.3%)	130 (12.9%)	29 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	93 (9.2%)	$9,305	$641	$671	$1,312	$6,889	$1,104	$7,993	46.2%	58.2%	12.00%
450339001443	8	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	38.5%	45.2%	6.77%
450339000927	9	Kelly Mill Middle	Public, Magnet	2-8	1141 Kelly Mill Road	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 691-7210	1,058	65	16.2	60.3%	146 (13.8%)	740 (69.9%)	86 (8.1%)	23 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (5.7%)	$12,497	$628	$832	$1,460	$9,681	$1,357	$11,037	30.8%	36.9%	6.15%
450339001311	10	Dent Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2721 Decker Boulevard	Columbia	29206	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 699-2750	1,018	84	12.1	100.0%	168 (16.5%)	563 (55.3%)	173 (17.0%)	67 (6.6%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.7%)	38 (3.7%)	$12,541	$261	$683	$945	$10,235	$1,362	$11,597	23.1%	48.3%	25.23%

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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Magnet Schools: Unleashing the Power of Education

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.