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Morningside Middle

Public Grades 6-8
313th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 320 South Carolina Middle Schools
Better than 2% of South Carolina middle schools
Summary

Morningside Middle is a public middle school in North Charleston, South Carolina, serving 555 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Charleston 01 School District, which is ranked 23 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Morningside Middle consistently ranks among the lowest-performing middle schools in South Carolina, with proficiency rates in core subjects like English Language Arts and Mathematics significantly lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2024-2025, only 24.1% of 6th graders, 21.5% of 7th graders, and 26.2% of 8th graders were proficient in ELA, compared to 63%, 65.4%, and 63.6% in the district, respectively. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates are even lower, with only 10.9% of 6th graders, 6% of 7th graders, and 11.8% of 8th graders meeting proficiency, compared to 49.3%, 48.6%, and 44.5% in the district. The school also has a high percentage of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and consistently high chronic absenteeism rates.

Comparing Morningside Middle to nearby high-performing schools within the same district, such as Deer Park Middle, Buist Academy, and Northwoods Middle, highlights the need for Morningside Middle to identify and address the root causes of its underperformance. Additionally, Marrington Middle School of the Arts in the neighboring Berkeley 01 district outperforms Morningside Middle across multiple metrics, despite serving a similar demographic of students.

552
Students ?
11.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,401
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1999 Singley Lane
       North Charleston, SC  29405

(843) 745-2000

District: Charleston 01


Students who attend Morningside Middle usually attend:

High:    North Charleston High
Racial breakdown:

African American:
48.4%
Hispanic:
43.8%
White:
4.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the South Carolina average (19% vs 50% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 33 pts below the South Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg59%
South Carolina avg50%
313th of 320
South Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
11th of 12Middle Schools in the Charleston 01
23rd of 75Charleston 01 among South Carolina districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
20256.9313 of 3202.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.6320 of 3251.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.1317 of 3252.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.7290 of 3106.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.7309 of 3110.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.7314 of 3150.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.7303 of 3030.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.6314 of 3170.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.7292 of 3033.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201510.8287 of 3014.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201411.9273 of 2916.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201313.8251 of 2769.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.3252 of 2717.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20115.0262 of 2692.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.6257 of 2611.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.5240 of 2493.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.3238 of 2442.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.8229 of 2363.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.8225 of 2312.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200511.4219 of 2304.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200434.9160 of 23030.4%★★☆☆☆
200328.5176 of 22521.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
202515.3240 of 2524.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.7233 of 2486.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.3252 of 2530.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.0228 of 2498.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.4234 of 2350.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.0250 of 2520.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.1236 of 2370.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
202525.5149 of 18419.0%★☆☆☆☆
202421.3160 of 1779.6%★☆☆☆☆
202315.3178 of 1874.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.4170 of 1837.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.8157 of 1644.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.5195 of 1950.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.9192 of 1941.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
202514.4103 of 1084.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.6102 of 1052.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.194 of 951.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.287 of 9710.3%★☆☆☆☆
20219.487 of 870.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.4116 of 1170.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.390 of 933.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
20257.0290 of 2951.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.3284 of 2943.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.0293 of 2992.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.0275 of 2905.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.7275 of 2791.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.5293 of 2961.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.7281 of 2810.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
202510.1152 of 1562.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.8142 of 1441.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.1135 of 1414.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.5112 of 12913.2%★☆☆☆☆
20217.8110 of 1110.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.2138 of 1390.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.5122 of 1230.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
202512.0291 of 3075.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.5289 of 3075.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.4301 of 3133.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.0266 of 30011.3%★☆☆☆☆
20219.7279 of 2883.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.3288 of 2890.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.7280 of 2800.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
20256.9287 of 2963.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.4290 of 2941.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.6297 of 3032.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.0274 of 2926.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.3277 of 2790.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.4295 of 2960.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.2282 of 2840.7%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Disabled (2025)19th percentile+17 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?
Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 283%+9 vs state
English Language Arts24%-33 vs state
Science20%-28 vs state
Mathematics10%-26 vs state

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Students who attend Morningside Middle usually go on to attend North Charleston High

In the 2024-25 school year, 552 students attended Morningside Middle.

Students at Morningside Middle are 48% African American, 44% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

Morningside Middle ranks in the bottom 2.2% of South Carolina middle schools.


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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.

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