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Best Middle Schools in Lancaster County, SC

At a glance

Schools

4,461

Students

Districts

Top rankedIndian Land Middle36^th of 341 South Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Indian Land Middle up 13 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

South Middle 11.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th 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
North Central Middle	Public	6-8	805 Keys Lane	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 424-2740	408	33	12.3	—	284 (69.6%)	49 (12.0%)	45 (11.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.6%)	38.5	213^th of 341 public middle schools	37.5%		39.4	190^th of 321 public middle schools	40.8%	23		53.4	52.7	54.0		35.3	27.9	23.5	49.6		$14,997	$1,102	$778	$1,881	$10,910	$2,206	$13,116
Buford Middle	Public	6-8	1890 North Rocky River Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 285-8473	374	29	12.8	59.0%	292 (78.1%)	12 (3.2%)	55 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	55.3	140^th of 341 public middle schools	58.9%		59.4	112^th of 321 public middle schools	65.1%	28		45.0	59.6	57.6		42.0	53.8	60.8	40.5		$15,362	$378	$331	$708	$12,322	$2,331	$14,654
Andrew Jackson Middle	Public	6-8	6865 Kershaw Camden Highway	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 475-6021	480	32	14.9	70.5%	304 (63.3%)	120 (25.0%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.0%)	46.2	171^st of 341 public middle schools	49.9%		49.9	144^th of 321 public middle schools	55.1%	27		47.5	42.8	56.5		45.1	32.6	50.9	48.8		$14,420	$264	$218	$482	$11,256	$2,682	$13,938
A. R. Rucker Middle	Public	6-8	422 Old Dixie Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 416-8555	477	37	12.7	—	125 (26.2%)	240 (50.3%)	78 (16.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.3%)	19.9	282^nd of 341 public middle schools	17.3%		15.4	279^th of 321 public middle schools	13.1%	3		44.1	37.2	39.5		25.0	21.5	20.3	40.5		$16,231	$1,376	$411	$1,787	$11,634	$2,810	$14,444
South Middle	Public	6-8	1551 Billings Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 283-8416	439	38	11.5	—	99 (22.6%)	219 (49.9%)	99 (22.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	19.3	283^rd of 341 public middle schools	17.0%		14.3	285^th of 321 public middle schools	11.2%	2		39.6	32.1	43.6		24.1	24.4	26.6	36.8		$16,823	$1,021	$390	$1,411	$12,674	$2,738	$15,412
Indian Land Middle	Public	7-8	8361 Charlotte Highway	Indian Land	29707	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 578-2500	1,102	64	17.2	27.8%	580 (52.6%)	129 (11.7%)	246 (22.3%)	98 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (4.4%)	88.1	36^th of 341 public middle schools	89.4%		82.4	49^th of 321 public middle schools	84.7%	13			75.3	74.2			66.1	60.4			$11,958	$340	$260	$600	$9,156	$2,203	$11,358
Indian Land Intermediate	Public	5-6	8361 Charlotte Highway	Indian Land	29707	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 547-3600	1,181	72	16.4	21.2%	703 (59.5%)	140 (11.9%)	138 (11.7%)	120 (10.2%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (6.2%)								(n/a)	80.2	79.1			75.7	71.6			79.5		$11,157	$222	$201	$423	$9,214	$1,520	$10,734

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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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