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Best Middle Schools in Dorchester County, SC

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Schools

6,208

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedRollings Middle School of the Arts7^th of 341 South Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Gregg Middle up 33 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Woodland Middle School 11.9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Woodland Middle School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)			SC READY Mathematics (2026)			SC READY Science (2026)	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
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/reduced lunch (2023-24)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Woodland Middle School	Public	6-8	4044 Highway 78	Dorchester	29437	Dorchester County	Dorchester 04	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 563-3171	455	38	11.9	—	164 (36.0%)	206 (45.3%)	43 (9.5%)	5 (1.1%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.8%)	33	226^th of 341 public middle schools	33.7%					(n/a)	41.8	50.7	54.4	28.2	28.5	33.9	43.0		$20,118	$1,427	$1,380	$2,807	$14,456	$2,855	$17,311
Northwoods Middle	Public	6-8	7763 Northside Drive	North Charleston	29420	Dorchester County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 764-2212	708	49	14.4	—	46 (6.5%)	280 (39.5%)	334 (47.2%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	35 (4.9%)	9	324^th of 341 public middle schools	5.0%		7.6	313^th of 321 public middle schools	2.5%	11	27.7	36.0	34.8	14.0	14.7	22.4	21.7		$19,244	$1,102	$679	$1,781	$12,963	$4,500	$17,463
Gregg Middle	Public	6-8	500 Green Wave Boulevard	Summerville	29483	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 871-3150	810	58	13.8	64.2%	410 (50.6%)	225 (27.8%)	94 (11.6%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (9.0%)	51.2	153^rd of 341 public middle schools	55.1%		40.5	186^th of 321 public middle schools	42.1%	33	57.9	51.6	56.9	43.2	32.2	42.2	60.1		$14,144	$558	$753	$1,311	$10,978	$1,854	$12,832
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	797	49	16.2	28.8%	522 (65.5%)	131 (16.4%)	59 (7.4%)	23 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (7.4%)	98.1	7^th of 341 public middle schools	97.9%		98.8	4^th of 321 public middle schools	98.8%	3	86.6	89.1	87.5	78.2	86.2	88.3	82.2		$12,689	$286	$660	$946	$10,311	$1,432	$11,743
Alston Middle	Public	6-8	500 Bryan Street	Summerville	29483	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 873-3890	732	56	13.1	79.5%	262 (35.8%)	260 (35.5%)	126 (17.2%)	7 (1.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (9.7%)	41.8	193^rd of 341 public middle schools	43.4%		43.5	172^nd of 321 public middle schools	46.4%	21	50.6	50.9	51.9	30.9	44.5	40.2	42.0		$14,586	$381	$861	$1,242	$11,815	$1,529	$13,344
Charles B. DuBose Middle	Public	6-8	1005 DuBose School Road	Summerville	29483	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 875-7012	947	64	14.7	59.8%	517 (54.6%)	213 (22.5%)	123 (13.0%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (8.8%)	67	95^th of 341 public middle schools	72.1%		68.7	89^th of 321 public middle schools	72.3%	6	59.0	62.2	65.6	39.4	49.7	58.9	57.0		$12,372	$503	$750	$1,254	$9,604	$1,514	$11,119
River Oaks Middle	Public	6-8	8642 River Oaks Drive	North Charleston	29420	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 695-2470	728	56	13.0	73.4%	158 (21.7%)	307 (42.2%)	177 (24.3%)	16 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (9.5%)	31.2	236^th of 341 public middle schools	30.8%		29.9	230^th of 321 public middle schools	28.3%	6	40.9	55.0	57.6	18.8	30.3	34.5	34.1		$14,178	$368	$731	$1,099	$11,262	$1,816	$13,078
East Edisto Middle	Public	6-8	1011 Beech Hill Road	Summerville	29485	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 695-2451	1,031	59	17.4	40.2%	675 (65.5%)	167 (16.2%)	91 (8.8%)	16 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	79 (7.7%)	82.1	50^th of 341 public middle schools	85.3%		82.2	51^st of 321 public middle schools	84.1%	1	65.4	73.6	69.9	51.1	61.5	64.3	63.5		$11,033	$399	$705	$1,105	$8,798	$1,131	$9,928

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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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