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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)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	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 (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 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	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
Buist Academy	0.0mi	Public, Magnet	3-8	103 Calhoun Street	Charleston	29401	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 724-7750	521	37	14.0		395 (75.8%)	50 (9.6%)	24 (4.6%)	30 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.0%)	99.6	1^st of 335 public middle schools	99.7%		99.8	2^nd of 320 public middle schools	99.4%	1	99.0		94.8	97.4			89.6	98.9	$18,527	$3,273	$1,393	$4,665	$10,917	$2,944	$13,862
Simmons Pinckney Middle	1.3mi	Public	6-8	244 President Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 724-7789	190	25	7.6		2 (1.1%)	177 (93.2%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	4.6	333^rd of 335 public middle schools	0.6%		6.3	317^th of 320 public middle schools	0.9%	16	25.0	27.2	20.6		8.9	9.4	17.3	16.0	$36,562	$4,770	$1,679	$6,450	$23,471	$6,641	$30,112
Moultrie Middle	3.5mi	Public	6-8	645 Coleman Boulevard	Mount Pleasant	29464	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 849-2819	1,130	65	17.4		969 (85.8%)	67 (5.9%)	50 (4.4%)	23 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.7%)	96.9	15^th of 335 public middle schools	95.5%		97.5	8^th of 320 public middle schools	97.5%	7	84.0	81.5	82.9		82.0	74.2	79.3	80.1	$16,249	$2,911	$1,141	$4,052	$9,964	$2,233	$12,196
Camp Road Middle	4.3mi	Public	6-8	1825 Camp Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-2784	901	53	16.9		681 (75.6%)	146 (16.2%)	27 (3.0%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.0%)	90.6	26^th of 335 public middle schools	92.2%		89.6	30^th of 320 public middle schools	90.6%	4	78.2	75.5	74.7		64.8	60.6	71.3	69.1	$17,753	$3,505	$1,295	$4,799	$9,968	$2,986	$12,954
Morningside Middle	7.4mi	Public	6-8	1999 Singley Lane	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 745-2000	552	50	11.1		24 (4.3%)	267 (48.4%)	242 (43.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.4%)	4.9	331^st of 335 public middle schools	1.2%		6.9	313^th of 320 public middle schools	2.2%	18	21.6	28.4	25.4		12.2	9.5	15.2	19.5	$22,401	$5,771	$1,776	$7,548	$11,269	$3,584	$14,853
C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art	8.7mi	Public, Magnet	6-8	3090 Sanders Road	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 763-1529	1,299	95	13.7		552 (42.5%)	478 (36.8%)	142 (10.9%)	31 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	90 (6.9%)	49.6	159^th of 335 public middle schools	52.5%		51.7	136^th of 320 public middle schools	57.5%	23	58.7	54.2	50.5		44.9	37.2	36.6	52.8	$29,210	$3,736	$1,839	$5,574	$18,192	$5,444	$23,636
Laing Middle	9.1mi	Public, Magnet	6-8	2705 Bulrush Basket Lane	Mount Pleasant	29466	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 849-2809	986	61	16.2		786 (79.7%)	113 (11.5%)	40 (4.1%)	20 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	25 (2.5%)	96.5	16^th of 335 public middle schools	95.2%		96.4	16^th of 320 public middle schools	95.0%		85.6	82.8	83.0		73.3	73.9	76.3	77.9	$17,706	$3,232	$1,388	$4,619	$10,596	$2,491	$13,087
Haut Gap Middle	9.6mi	Public, Magnet	6-8	1861 Bohicket Road	Johns Island	29449	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 559-6418	412	33	12.4		166 (40.3%)	107 (26.0%)	114 (27.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.6%)	77.9	65^th of 335 public middle schools	80.6%		62.7	105^th of 320 public middle schools	67.2%	40	69.2	71.1	59.6		56.0	62.2	52.7	61.4	$22,721	$4,076	$1,699	$5,774	$12,734	$4,212	$16,946
Philip Simmons Middle	9.6mi	Public	5-8	2065 Seven Sticks Drive	Wando	29492	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 471-2590	473	32	15.0		281 (59.4%)	115 (24.3%)	33 (7.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.2%)	69.2	89^th of 335 public middle schools	73.4%		64.8	100^th of 320 public middle schools	68.8%	11	62.7	74.0	60.9		44.4	52.2	46.2	57.2	$13,927	$538	$879	$1,417	$10,720	$1,791	$12,510
Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science	9.7mi	Public, Magnet	6-8	6401 Dorchester Road	North Charleston	29418	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 767-8383	513	58	8.8		31 (6.0%)	215 (41.9%)	247 (48.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	15.1	302^nd of 335 public middle schools	9.9%		15.2	278^th of 320 public middle schools	13.1%	24	25.0	34.7	37.0		26.2	26.5	28.1	24.3	$21,951	$4,384	$1,544	$5,928	$12,628	$3,395	$16,023

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