Best Middle Schools in South Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the SC READY test scores by the South Carolina Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

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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
291	College Park Middle	Public	6-8	713 College Park Road	Ladson	29456	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 553-8300	666	43	15.4		160 (24.0%)	214 (32.1%)	198 (29.7%)	10 (1.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (12.0%)	$14,359	$1,336	$1,186	$2,522	$9,979	$1,858	$11,837	12.3	15.3	284	7		450117000173
292	Cross High	Public	7-12	1293 Old Highway 6	Cross	29436	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 899-8900	273	29	9.4		44 (16.1%)	197 (72.2%)	20 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$23,136	$1,825	$1,493	$3,318	$16,614	$3,205	$19,818	12.2	27.6	237	55		450117000176
293	Palmetto Middle	Public	6-8	305 O'Neal Street	Mullins	29574	Marion County	Marion 10	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 464-3730	297	15	19.8		59 (19.9%)	202 (68.0%)	18 (6.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)	$16,769	$2,277	$3,842	$6,119	$8,091	$2,559	$10,650	12.2	9.1	314	21		450390800772
294	GREEN Charter School Lowcountry	Public, Charter	K-8	8717 Old University Boulevard	N Charleston	29406	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 501-7911	301	25	12		63 (20.9%)	189 (62.8%)	21 (7.0%)	5 (1.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.6%)	$10,284	$1,259	$329	$1,588	$5,321	$3,374	$8,696	12.1	43.6	171	123		450390101739
295	Heyward Gibbes Middle	Public	6-8	500 Summerlea Drive	Columbia	29203	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 343-2942	252	26	9.8		4 (1.6%)	227 (90.1%)	13 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$28,273	$2,597	$1,973	$4,569	$19,307	$4,397	$23,704	11.9	11.4	301	6		450336001301
296	Chester Middle	Public	6-8	1014 McCandless Road	Chester	29706	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 377-8192	479	38	12.6		113 (23.6%)	268 (55.9%)	67 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.5%)	$15,969	$1,334	$938	$2,271	$9,757	$3,940	$13,697	11.8	15.6	280	16		450153000299
297	Carver Edisto Middle	Public	6-8	2018 Carver School Road	Cope	29038	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	No	(803) 534-3554	439	34	12.7		148 (33.7%)	230 (52.4%)	36 (8.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.2%)	$15,823	$1,263	$1,536	$2,799	$11,200	$1,824	$13,024	11.5	10.7	307	10		450391000861
298	Sedgefield Middle	Public	6-8	131 Charles B. Gibson Boulevar	Goose Creek	29445	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 797-2620	950	57	16.6		205 (21.6%)	340 (35.8%)	275 (28.9%)	7 (0.7%)	11 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (11.8%)	$13,088	$967	$1,132	$2,100	$9,002	$1,987	$10,989	11.3	12.6	298			450117000171
299	Ronald E. McNair Junior High	Public	7-8	311 Carver Street	Lake City	29560	Florence County	Florence 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 374-8651	275	18	15.7		21 (7.6%)	226 (82.2%)	19 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$17,708	$2,295	$1,773	$4,068	$10,188	$3,452	$13,640	11.2	7.9	318	19		450219001647
300	Sandhills Middle	Public	7-8	582 Meadowfield Road	Gaston	29053	Lexington County	Lexington 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 490-7005	495	37	13.3		204 (41.2%)	111 (22.4%)	146 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.1%)	$12,734	$969	$1,088	$2,057	$9,353	$1,324	$10,677	11	15.4	282	18		450279000751

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.