Most Improved South Carolina Middle Schools

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 320)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
204	Lakes and Bridges Charter School	Public, Charter	1-8	1600 E Main Street	Easley	29641	Pickens County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 442-5580	204	24	8.5		162 (79.4%)	12 (5.9%)	16 (7.8%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	$16,547	$1,238	$1,270	$2,508	$10,676	$3,364	$14,039	34.5	10.3	309	105		450390101692
168	Felton Laboratory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Lance Street	Orangeburg	29117	Orangeburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(803) 536-7034	279	13	20.8		2 (0.7%)	238 (85.3%)	9 (3.2%)	15 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.4%)	$14,208	$1,309	$1,231	$2,540	$8,179	$3,489	$11,668	44.5	23.3	247	79		450390101401
110	Wright Middle	Public	6-8	111 Highway 71	Abbeville	29620	Abbeville County	Abbeville 60	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 366-5998	323	31	10.4		151 (46.7%)	154 (47.7%)	12 (3.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$14,155	$699	$257	$956	$10,259	$2,940	$13,199	60.1	41.2	182	72		450069000010
175	Spartanburg Preparatory School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	385 South Spring Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(864) 621-3882	454	40	11.3		79 (17.4%)	284 (62.6%)	51 (11.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	31 (6.8%)	$13,164	$991	$173	$1,164	$8,806	$3,194	$12,000	42.9	29.6	228	53		450390101541
261	Lakeview Middle	Public	6-8	3801 Old Buncombe Road	Greenville	29617	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-6400	723	61	11.8		62 (8.6%)	151 (20.9%)	485 (67.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.8%)	$15,105	$2,591	$863	$3,454	$10,517	$1,134	$11,651	19.3	9.5	312	51		450231001248
129	Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	3910 Verde Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 745-7105	471	36	13		202 (42.9%)	161 (34.2%)	62 (13.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.1%)	$25,470	$4,315	$1,521	$5,836	$16,107	$3,527	$19,634	54.6	42.1	179	50		450144000222
60	Berkeley Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	122 Bee Tree Lane	Summerville	29486	Berkeley County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 832-7921	764	64	12		443 (58.0%)	178 (23.3%)	67 (8.8%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	64 (8.4%)	$9,894	$555	$635	$1,191	$4,737	$3,967	$8,703	79.6	62.5	109	49		450390901757
207	Pelion Middle	Public	6-8	325 Main Street	Pelion	29123	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-2300	513	45	11.4		348 (67.8%)	26 (5.1%)	106 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.2%)	$15,624	$1,258	$615	$1,873	$12,035	$1,717	$13,751	34.2	22	253	46		450270000583
268	Bates Middle	Public	6-8	715 Estate Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0711	481	37	13.1		97 (20.2%)	334 (69.4%)	18 (3.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.2%)	$14,974	$1,022	$1,459	$2,482	$10,488	$2,004	$12,493	17.1	9.5	313	45		450390201064
118	Liberty Middle	Public	6-8	125 Falcon Lane	Liberty	29657	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-3400	458	35	13.2		371 (81.0%)	15 (3.3%)	45 (9.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	$14,337	$901	$763	$1,663	$11,100	$1,574	$12,673	57	45.9	163	45		450333001385

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SC READY English Language Arts, SC READY Mathematics, SC READY Science test scores released by the South Carolina Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 2, 2025, 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.