Best Middle Schools in South Carolina for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 248)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450201000399	1	Rollings Middle School of the Arts	Public	6-8	815 South Main Street	Summerville	29483	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 873-3610	799	46	17.2	28.9%	540 (67.6%)	127 (15.9%)	51 (6.4%)	23 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (6.8%)	$11,146	$568	$671	$1,239	$8,426	$1,481	$9,908	99.6%	97.2%	2.37%
450390001736	2	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%)								99.2%	96.0%	3.19%
450090001574	3	Southwood Academy for the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-8	1110 Southwood Street	Anderson	29624	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 260-5205	394	37	10.6	57.4%	258 (65.5%)	84 (21.3%)	28 (7.1%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	$17,138	$531	$702	$1,232	$13,256	$2,650	$15,906	98.8%	96.6%	2.17%
450231001517	4	Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill	Public	K-8	1507 Scuffletown Road	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-0200	1,698	104	16.4	35.0%	1,254 (73.9%)	195 (11.5%)	136 (8.0%)	43 (2.5%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (3.8%)	$9,743	$918	$553	$1,470	$7,613	$659	$8,272	98.4%	91.1%	7.31%
450117001158	5	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	98.0%	93.5%	4.45%
450384001100	6	Oakridge Middle	Public	6-8	5670 Oakridge Road	Clover	29710	York County	York 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 631-8000	1,154	79	14.6	25.7%	813 (70.5%)	121 (10.5%)	107 (9.3%)	21 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	90 (7.8%)	$10,325	$372	$378	$750	$7,955	$1,621	$9,575	97.6%	92.6%	4.97%
450078001444	7	Powdersville Middle	Public	6-8	135 Hood Road	Greenville	29611	Greenville County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 269-1821	756	52	14.5	42.2%	547 (72.4%)	74 (9.8%)	85 (11.2%)	20 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.8%)	$10,102	$840	$459	$1,299	$7,782	$1,021	$8,803	97.2%	92.9%	4.25%
450390001155	8	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	96.8%	93.8%	2.93%
450354001767	9	Clifdale Middle	Public	6-8	451 Heritage Hill Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 03	No	No	No	No	(864) 279-6200	695	48	14.3	77.8%	449 (64.6%)	109 (15.7%)	83 (11.9%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.8%)								96.4%	71.4%	24.99%
450249001458	10	Ocean Bay Middle	Public	6-8	905 International Drive	Myrtle Beach	29579	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 903-8420	715	48	14.8	49.2%	515 (72.0%)	62 (8.7%)	75 (10.5%)	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (6.2%)	$11,487	$1,059	$934	$1,993	$8,390	$1,104	$9,493	96.0%	94.2%	1.81%

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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.