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Best Middle Schools in Cherokee County, SC

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Schools

1,594

Students

Top rankedBlacksburg Middle239^th of 320 South Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

John E. Ewing Middle up 21 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)			SC READY Mathematics (2025)			SC READY Science (2025)	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Blacksburg Middle	Public	6-8	101 London Street	Blacksburg	29702	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 206-6829	363	31	11.7		285 (78.5%)	38 (10.5%)	13 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.6%)	27.7	239^th of 320 public middle schools	25.3%		38.1	192^nd of 325 public middle schools	40.9%	47	46.1	43.2	51.2	28.7	12.2	25.6	25.2	100.0	$4,841	$1,381	$792	$2,173	$1,725	$943	$2,668
John E. Ewing Middle	Public	6-8	171 East Junior High Road	Gaffney	29340	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 206-2449	380	32	12.0		230 (60.5%)	97 (25.5%)	26 (6.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.1%)	23.5	250^th of 320 public middle schools	21.9%		18	271^st of 325 public middle schools	16.6%	21	41.6	48.4	42.9	18.4	21.0	19.2	28.0	95.2	$5,028	$1,570	$714	$2,284	$1,859	$884	$2,744
Gaffney Middle	Public	6-8	805 East Frederick Street	Gaffney	29340	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 206-6129	851	69	12.4		369 (43.4%)	321 (37.7%)	118 (13.9%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.0%)	18.3	265^th of 320 public middle schools	17.2%		19.3	264^th of 325 public middle schools	18.8%	1	42.9	42.5	43.3	17.1	14.7	13.4	23.2	81.4	$4,488	$1,098	$656	$1,753	$1,873	$862	$2,735

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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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