Best Middle Schools in South Carolina for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 255)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450144001382	1	Buist Academy	Public, Magnet	3-8	103 Calhoun Street	Charleston	29401	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 724-7750	548	36	15.2	23.0%	389 (71.0%)	67 (12.2%)	30 (5.5%)	33 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.1%)	$12,906	$489	$771	$1,260	$9,282	$2,364	$11,645	99.6%	99.7%	0.08%
450144000083	2	Charleston School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	5109-B West Enterprise Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 529-4990	1,061	72	14.8	22.2%	731 (68.9%)	148 (13.9%)	82 (7.7%)	50 (4.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	46 (4.3%)	$16,269	$1,091	$976	$2,067	$10,639	$3,563	$14,202	99.2%	99.4%	0.17%
450336001298	3	Crayton Middle	Public	6-8	5000 Clemson Avenue	Columbia	29206	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 738-7224	905	67	13.5	100.0%	446 (49.3%)	340 (37.6%)	51 (5.6%)	14 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.0%)	$15,058	$719	$795	$1,514	$11,629	$1,916	$13,545	98.8%	85.8%	12.98%
450144000430	4	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	98.4%	99.1%	0.65%
450144001218	5	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	98.0%	98.8%	0.73%
450144001217	6	Laing Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2705 Bulrush Basket Lane	Mount Pleasant	29466	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 849-2809	1,012	58	17.4	20.8%	808 (79.8%)	131 (12.9%)	31 (3.1%)	19 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.3%)	$13,221	$1,385	$957	$2,341	$8,704	$2,176	$10,880	97.6%	97.8%	0.20%
450201000399	7	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	97.3%	97.2%	0.02%
450090001574	8	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	96.9%	96.6%	0.25%
450336001299	9	W. G. Sanders Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3455 Pine Belt Road	Columbia	29204	Richland County	Richland 01	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 735-7575	533	47	11.3	100.0%	57 (10.7%)	400 (75.0%)	47 (8.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$18,895	$1,596	$1,018	$2,614	$13,683	$2,598	$16,281	96.5%	43.1%	53.39%
450117001472	10	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	96.1%	98.2%	2.08%

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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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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

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.