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Tanglewood Middle

Public Grades 6-8

301^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 320 South Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 6% of South Carolina middle schools

Summary

Tanglewood Middle is a public middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, serving 666 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Greenville 01 School District, which is ranked 11th out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, Tanglewood Middle has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tanglewood Middle significantly underperforms compared to the Greenville 01 district and the state of South Carolina in academic assessments. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.9% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 60.7% in the Greenville 01 district and 56% statewide. The school's performance in mathematics is even more concerning, with only 11.1% of 6th-grade students, 12.4% of 7th-grade students, and 10.5% of 8th-grade students achieving proficiency or better, significantly lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, Tanglewood Middle has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.9% to 40.9% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

Tanglewood Middle's academic performance is significantly lower than the nearby Sevier Middle, League Academy, and Greenville Middle Academy, which all have higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as higher overall rankings from SchoolDigger. Despite the relatively high per-student spending of $13,651 in the 2023-2024 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.2, the school has not been able to effectively address these challenges and improve student outcomes.

652

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,595

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

44 Merriwoods Drive
Greenville, SC 29611

(864) 355-4500

District: Greenville 01

Students who attend Tanglewood Middle usually attend:

High:

Carolina Academy (High)

Feeder schools for Tanglewood Middle:

Elementary:	Grove Elementary
	Hollis Academy
	Welcome Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

57.1%

African American:

26.5%

White:

11.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (22% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 22% South Carolina)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg52%

South Carolina avg46%

301^st of 320

South Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

19^th of 19Middle Schools in the Greenville 01

11^th of 75Greenville 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	301 of 320	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	287 of 325	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	291 of 325	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	246 of 310	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.7	263 of 311	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	275 of 315	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	262 of 303	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.3	288 of 317	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.7	287 of 303	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.7	283 of 301	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	12.6	272 of 291	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	7.8	265 of 276	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	5.5	262 of 271	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	10.0	251 of 269	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	10.1	243 of 261	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	13.6	231 of 249	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	23.7	210 of 244	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	32.7	178 of 236	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.9	186 of 231	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	24.6	189 of 230	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	33.3	163 of 230	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	9.7	213 of 225	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	228 of 252	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	198 of 248	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	216 of 253	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.5	187 of 249	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.6	195 of 235	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	212 of 252	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.4	196 of 237	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	147 of 184	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	166 of 177	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	180 of 187	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	162 of 183	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.7	124 of 164	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	161 of 195	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	173 of 194	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	22.6	92 of 108	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.0	66 of 105	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.6	63 of 95	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.8	59 of 97	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.6	67 of 87	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	105 of 117	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.5	67 of 93	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	279 of 295	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	259 of 294	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	271 of 299	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	244 of 290	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	240 of 279	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.5	263 of 296	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	245 of 281	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	13.7	165 of 182	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.7	157 of 179	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	145 of 156	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	119 of 144	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	121 of 141	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.4	101 of 129	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	92 of 111	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.6	121 of 139	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.7	99 of 123	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	269 of 307	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.8	242 of 307	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	259 of 313	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	213 of 300	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.3	219 of 288	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	237 of 289	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.1	230 of 280	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	279 of 296	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	261 of 294	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	265 of 303	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	226 of 292	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.3	240 of 279	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	252 of 296	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	242 of 284	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	8.1	247 of 257	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.8	253 of 255	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.7	255 of 260	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	231 of 249	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.9	231 of 244	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.5	243 of 258	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	240 of 250	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2025)20th percentile+14 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)15th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile+6 vs school

African American (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2022)9th percentile-11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

White (2025)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts33%-24 vs state

Science20%-28 vs state

Mathematics11%-24 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Friday, November 15, 2019

This school cares about the complete well being of its children - everything they do is supporting not just academics, but mental and emotional growth of the students. The teachers and administration at this school have built a community and really take the "it takes a village" mentality seriously. Wonderful school. Close Quote

by a student
Friday, October 26, 2018

Tanglewood middle School is a great school esspecially because of Dr.Edward J Anderson since yesterday has been principal are school has changed so much in such a great way. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

This school is truly a learning environment. They do everything that they can to support my student. Close Quote

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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
Tanglewood Middle	Public	6-8	44 Merriwoods Drive	Greenville	29611	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-4500	652	50	13.0		76 (11.7%)	173 (26.5%)	372 (57.1%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (3.7%)	10.6	301^st of 320 public middle schools	5.9%		14.6	287^th of 325 public middle schools	11.7%	14	27.9	42.4	28.7	11.1	12.4	10.5	20.3		$15,595	$2,538	$793	$3,331	$11,032	$1,233	$12,264
Powdersville Middle	Public	6-8	135 Hood Road	Greenville	29611	Anderson County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 269-1821	801	54	14.8		575 (71.8%)	64 (8.0%)	91 (11.4%)	25 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.5%)	90.2	28^th of 320 public middle schools	91.3%		91.5	23^rd of 325 public middle schools	92.9%	5	74.8	71.7	71.1	70.0	54.9	56.6	70.0		$11,326	$890	$464	$1,354	$8,880	$1,093	$9,973
Hughes Academy of Science and Technology	Public, Magnet	6-8	122 DeOyley Avenue	Greenville	29605	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 355-6200	999	60	16.6		369 (36.9%)	310 (31.0%)	256 (25.6%)	19 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (4.2%)	69.2	86^th of 320 public middle schools	73.1%		66.3	92^nd of 325 public middle schools	71.7%	6	64.6	62.7	62.6	49.5	41.6	35.1	52.9	98.4	$11,720	$856	$606	$1,462	$9,496	$762	$10,258
Lakeview Middle	Public	6-8	3801 Old Buncombe Road	Greenville	29617	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-6400	723	61	11.8		62 (8.6%)	151 (20.9%)	485 (67.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.8%)	19.3	261^st of 320 public middle schools	18.4%		9.5	312^th of 325 public middle schools	4.0%	51	36.7	32.5	39.7	23.1	8.6	23.6	35.8		$15,105	$2,591	$863	$3,454	$10,517	$1,134	$11,651
Greenville Middle Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	339 Lowndes Avenue	Greenville	29607	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 355-5600	736	49	15.0		337 (45.8%)	206 (28.0%)	139 (18.9%)	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	38 (5.2%)	80.1	56^th of 320 public middle schools	82.5%		79.2	60^th of 325 public middle schools	81.5%	4	65.1	72.6	64.4	52.4	51.6	46.8	57.9	98.7	$13,011	$1,072	$629	$1,701	$10,450	$860	$11,310
Berea Middle	Public	6-8	151 Berea Middle School Road	Greenville	29617	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-1700	757	57	13.2		93 (12.3%)	243 (32.1%)	382 (50.5%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (3.8%)	17	269^th of 320 public middle schools	15.9%		13.1	294^th of 325 public middle schools	9.5%	25	35.0	35.2	36.9	22.2	16.3	13.5	33.4	100.0	$14,208	$2,463	$907	$3,370	$9,716	$1,122	$10,838
League Academy	Public, Magnet	6-8	125 Twin Lake Drive	Greenville	29609	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 355-8100	787	50	15.8		466 (59.2%)	145 (18.4%)	133 (16.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.0%)	83.8	47^th of 320 public middle schools	85.3%		86.9	41^st of 325 public middle schools	87.4%	6	73.1	71.4	70.3	49.1	47.4	46.8	69.1	98.3	$12,459	$1,074	$617	$1,691	$9,890	$878	$10,768
Dacusville Middle	Public	6-8	899 Thomas Mill Road	Easley	29640	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-3525	356	25	14.2		280 (78.7%)	9 (2.5%)	48 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.3%)	63.4	103^rd of 320 public middle schools	67.8%		65.8	96^th of 325 public middle schools	70.5%	7	59.2	54.6	55.7	43.0	32.1	43.4	64.9	100.0	$16,338	$893	$562	$1,454	$13,083	$1,801	$14,884
Richard H. Gettys Middle	Public	6-8	510 South Pendleton Street	Easley	29640	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-3900	1,217	83	14.6		723 (59.4%)	151 (12.4%)	225 (18.5%)	16 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	99 (8.1%)	52.1	134^th of 320 public middle schools	58.1%		59.6	114^th of 325 public middle schools	64.9%	20	53.0	57.7	48.8	48.4	26.5	24.0	64.3	95.1	$10,709	$682	$517	$1,199	$8,329	$1,181	$9,510
Wren Middle	Public	6-8	1010 Wren School Road	Piedmont	29673	Anderson County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 850-5930	910	58	15.7		694 (76.3%)	77 (8.5%)	80 (8.8%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.5%)	88.5	35^th of 320 public middle schools	89.1%		82.6	53^rd of 325 public middle schools	83.7%	18	73.9	71.7	71.6	56.7	64.5	55.2	63.7		$10,613	$694	$420	$1,114	$8,434	$1,065	$9,499

Frequently Asked Questions about Tanglewood Middle

Is Tanglewood Middle a good school?

Tanglewood Middle ranks in the bottom 5.9% of South Carolina middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Tanglewood Middle?

Students at Tanglewood Middle are 57% Hispanic, 27% African American, 12% White, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Tanglewood Middle attend?

Students who attend Tanglewood Middle usually go on to attend Carolina Academy (High)

What district is Tanglewood Middle in?

Greenville 01

How many students attend Tanglewood Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 652 students attended Tanglewood Middle.

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