Best Middle Schools in South Carolina

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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)
450072001196	231	Leavelle McCampbell Middle	Public	6-8	1120 Weldon Way	Graniteville	29829	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 663-4300	503	26	19.3	72.6%	214 (42.5%)	170 (33.8%)	88 (17.5%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.8%)	$9,749	$861	$561	$1,422	$7,487	$840	$8,327	28.9	35.1	208	23
450072001194	232	Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle	Public	6-8	29 Lions Trail	Warrenville	29851	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 593-7260	501	33	15.1	100.0%	260 (51.9%)	101 (20.2%)	112 (22.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	$9,680	$1,015	$398	$1,413	$7,454	$813	$8,267	28.9	35.7	205	27
450390201079	233	Hillcrest Middle	Public	6-8	4355 Peach Orchard Road	Dalzell	29040	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 499-3341	391	24	16.6	100.0%	124 (31.7%)	213 (54.5%)	24 (6.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.4%)	$12,837	$1,419	$899	$2,317	$9,003	$1,517	$10,519	28.7	33.2	216	17
450390901642	234	Midlands STEM Institute	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	112 Crane Street	Winnsboro	29180	Fairfield County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	Yes	(803) 815-1524	247	18	13.8	98.8%	132 (53.4%)	100 (40.5%)	8 (3.2%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)								28.3			(n/a)
450273001270	235	Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	501 Bulldog Boulevard	Cayce	29033	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 739-4070	417	35	11.9	100.0%	128 (30.7%)	153 (36.7%)	91 (21.8%)	20 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.8%)	$13,906	$1,271	$1,863	$3,134	$9,034	$1,737	$10,771	28.2	25.2	247	12
450346000981	236	Saluda Middle	Public	6-8	140 Ivory Key Road	Saluda	29138	Saluda County	Saluda 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 445-3767	526	38	13.8	73.8%	177 (33.7%)	107 (20.3%)	230 (43.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$10,484	$1,031	$438	$1,469	$8,094	$922	$9,015	27.9	38.8	196	40
450117000176	237	Cross High	Public	7-12	1293 Old Highway 6	Cross	29436	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 899-8900	294	26	11.3	100.0%	61 (20.7%)	209 (71.1%)	9 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$20,459	$2,674	$1,065	$3,740	$14,771	$1,948	$16,719	27.6	23.3	253	16
450186000369	238	Hartsville Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1427 Fourteenth Street	Hartsville	29550	Darlington County	Darlington 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 857-3121	872	65	13.4	100.0%	365 (41.9%)	357 (40.9%)	50 (5.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (11.0%)	$13,668	$1,270	$1,227	$2,497	$9,865	$1,307	$11,171	27.2	36.2	204	34
450378001624	239	C. E. Murray Middle	Public	6-8	222-A C.E. Murray Boulevard	Greeleyville	29056	Williamsburg County	Williamsburg 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 426-2121	146	13	11.6	97.9%	7 (4.8%)	135 (92.5%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$11,581	$1,374	$2,935	$4,308	$5,551	$1,721	$7,273	26.8	13.7	289	50
450297000789	240	McColl Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	700 North Main Street	Mc Coll	29570	Marlboro County	Marlboro 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 523-5371	631	48	13.1	100.0%	273 (43.3%)	158 (25.0%)	11 (1.7%)	5 (0.8%)	82 (13.0%)	2 (0.3%)	100 (15.8%)	$12,594	$2,220	$1,100	$3,320	$7,761	$1,513	$9,274	26.4	26.5	242	2

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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.
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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.