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Rainbow Lake Middle

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Rainbow Lake Middle ranks 127 th of 341 South Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

127^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 341 South Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 63% of South Carolina middle schools

Summary

Rainbow Lake Middle in Chesnee, SC, is a mid-sized school serving 973 students in grades 6-8 within the highly-rated Spartanburg 02 district, which ranks in the top 10% of districts statewide.

If your child is advanced in math or identified as gifted and talented, Rainbow Lake has standout strengths. The school's Algebra 1 End-of-Course exam proficiency is nearly perfect at 99.99%, far exceeding the district (89.7%) and state (74%) averages. Support for Gifted and Talented students has also improved dramatically, jumping from the 63rd to the 91st percentile in just two years. However, the overall picture is more mixed. The school's state ranking has slipped from the 84th percentile in 2018 to the 63rd percentile today, settling into a 3-star range. One notable pattern: 7th graders consistently outperform both 6th and 8th graders in ELA and math, which may point to a particularly strong teaching team at that grade level. Chronic absenteeism is a concern at 22.4%, higher than the district average of 18.8%, though it has improved from a post-pandemic high of 30.6%.

Compared to nearby options, Rainbow Lake holds its own in several areas. It outperforms Boiling Springs Middle (just 3 miles away) in 7th-grade math (51.7% vs. 42.6%) and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate than Chesnee Middle (22.4% vs. 27.4%). However, it lags behind top regional performers like Landrum Middle and T. E. Mabry Middle in most subjects. On the plus side, Rainbow Lake achieves these results with the lowest per-student spending among its immediate peers ($10,200 vs. $11,398 at Chesnee), suggesting efficient use of resources—though its student-teacher ratio of 14.5 is higher than many other-district schools.

973

Students ?

14.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,618

Per pupil spending ?

72.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2023-24) ?

82%

Students (all grades) with required immunizations (2025-26)

1951 Riveroak Road
Chesnee, SC 29323

(864) 253-5700

District: Spartanburg 02

Students who attend Rainbow Lake Middle usually attend:

High:

Boiling Springs High

Feeder schools for Rainbow Lake Middle:

Elementary:	Carlisle-Foster's Grove Elementary
	Oakland Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.3%

African American:

16.0%

Hispanic:

14.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 83rd percentile in 2016 → 63rd in 2026

Strengths

✓Above the South Carolina median (63rd percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 20 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school52%

District avg52%

South Carolina avg51%

127^th of 341

South Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 37%▼ down 21 pts since 2016

From top 17% (2016) to top 37% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Spartanburg 02

7^th of 75Spartanburg 02 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
2026	57.3	127 of 341	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	59.8	110 of 321	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.1	101 of 322	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.1	72 of 325	77.8%	★★★★☆
2022	72.3	71 of 310	77.1%	★★★★☆
2021	66.1	94 of 311	69.8%	★★★★☆
2019	66.8	90 of 315	71.4%	★★★★☆
2018	79.9	49 of 303	83.8%	★★★★☆
2017	81.1	51 of 317	83.9%	★★★★☆
2016	78.5	50 of 303	83.5%	★★★★☆
2015	73.8	61 of 301	79.7%	★★★★☆
2014	90.5	17 of 291	94.2%	★★★★★
2013	89.4	15 of 276	94.6%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	57.4	91 of 258	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	65.9	54 of 251	78.5%	★★★★☆
2024	78.1	24 of 246	90.2%	★★★★★
2023	79.5	29 of 253	88.5%	★★★★☆
2022	63.9	55 of 249	77.9%	★★★★☆
2021	81.6	22 of 235	90.6%	★★★★★
2019	77.3	27 of 252	89.3%	★★★★☆
2018	88.9	16 of 237	93.2%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	56.1	68 of 192	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	56.4	60 of 184	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.6	47 of 177	73.4%	★★★★☆
2023	83.5	14 of 187	92.5%	★★★★★
2022	53.2	71 of 183	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	77.0	18 of 164	89.0%	★★★★☆
2019	71.5	30 of 195	84.6%	★★★★☆
2018	93.7	3 of 194	98.5%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	63.3	37 of 113	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	65.3	29 of 110	73.6%	★★★★☆
2024	70.5	23 of 104	77.9%	★★★★☆
2023	76.5	14 of 95	85.3%	★★★★☆
2022	82.1	11 of 97	88.7%	★★★★☆
2021	66.7	21 of 87	75.9%	★★★★☆
2019	46.9	56 of 117	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.3	29 of 93	68.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	60.4	111 of 310	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	59.1	105 of 295	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.4	91 of 293	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.4	83 of 299	72.2%	★★★★☆
2022	69.5	76 of 290	73.8%	★★★★☆
2021	66.7	88 of 279	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.2	81 of 296	72.6%	★★★★☆
2018	84.3	36 of 281	87.2%	★★★★☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	75.0	15 of 197	92.4%	★★★★★
2025	72.7	37 of 173	78.6%	★★★★☆
2024	67.2	68 of 184	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.9	52 of 185	71.9%	★★★★☆
2022	70.4	49 of 182	73.1%	★★★★☆
2021	71.0	44 of 179	75.4%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	52.9	71 of 159	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	35.7	98 of 156	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.4	89 of 144	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	84.9	18 of 129	86.0%	★★★★☆
2021	70.8	26 of 111	76.6%	★★★★☆
2019	50.1	75 of 139	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.3	73 of 123	40.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	60.5	109 of 325	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	66.4	80 of 308	74.0%	★★★★☆
2024	63.8	78 of 304	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	76.9	56 of 313	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	80.9	42 of 300	86.0%	★★★★☆
2021	75.4	53 of 288	81.6%	★★★★☆
2019	66.1	73 of 289	74.7%	★★★★☆
2018	86.8	28 of 280	90.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	52.8	131 of 310	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	59.0	110 of 298	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.1	95 of 292	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	78.6	57 of 303	81.2%	★★★★☆
2022	73.5	67 of 292	77.1%	★★★★☆
2021	64.1	87 of 279	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.9	86 of 296	70.9%	★★★★☆
2018	74.4	60 of 284	78.9%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	57.2	24 of 65	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	67.2	15 of 63	76.2%	★★★★☆
2024	56.9	16 of 52	69.2%	★★★★☆
2023	86.6	4 of 58	93.1%	★★★★★
2019	51.7	20 of 39	48.7%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	39.8	163 of 271	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.4	142 of 259	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.2	141 of 256	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.7	111 of 260	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.2	101 of 249	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.9	135 of 244	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.0	128 of 258	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.8	81 of 250	67.6%	★★★☆☆

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)

Gifted and Talented (2026)92nd percentile+30 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)67th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)66th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2026)65th percentile~ school

Disabled (2026)65th percentile~ school

Female (2026)64th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2026)63rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)58th percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)55th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)40th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts56%~ state avg

Science54%~ state avg

Mathematics46%+4 vs state

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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)	Vaccination (2025-26)		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 4th Grade	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 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	Vaccination: Students (all grades) with required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	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
Rainbow Lake Middle	Public	6-8	1951 Riveroak Road	Chesnee	29323	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 02	No	No	No	No	(864) 253-5700	973	67	14.5	72.0%	567 (58.3%)	156 (16.0%)	137 (14.1%)	36 (3.7%)	14 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (6.4%)	57.3	127^th of 341 public middle schools	62.8%		59.8	110^th of 321 public middle schools	65.7%	17			46.5	63.1	57.6			39.4	51.7	47.7		53.8		82%		$11,618	$279	$702	$981	$9,253	$1,384	$10,637
Boiling Springs Middle	Public	6-8	4801 Highway 9	Inman	29349	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 02	No	No	No	No	(864) 578-5954	1,122	69	16.3	73.2%	715 (63.7%)	177 (15.8%)	65 (5.8%)	39 (3.5%)	15 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	108 (9.6%)	59.1	119^th of 341 public middle schools	65.1%		69.7	84^th of 321 public middle schools	73.8%	35			54.9	60.6	56.7			45.4	42.6	51.0		54.6		75%		$10,588	$381	$660	$1,041	$8,312	$1,235	$9,547
Chesnee Middle	Public	6-8	805 South Alabama Avenue	Chesnee	29323	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 02	No	No	No	No	(864) 461-3900	569	36	15.9	72.3%	472 (83.0%)	32 (5.6%)	23 (4.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.0%)	62.3	109^th of 341 public middle schools	68.0%		79	60^th of 321 public middle schools	81.3%	49			54.6	67.0	53.2			48.3	61.0	43.9		52.7		92%		$12,301	$509	$777	$1,286	$9,523	$1,492	$11,015
Inman Intermediate	Public	4-6	10 West Miller Street	Inman	29349	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 472-1510	322	23	14.3	69.2%	220 (68.3%)	36 (11.2%)	29 (9.0%)	11 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.8%)								(n/a)	62.7	54.7	52.1			54.7	46.1	40.3			51.6	47.0		83%		$14,172	$401	$864	$1,265	$11,585	$1,323	$12,908
T. E. Mabry Middle	Public	7-8	35 Oakland Avenue	Inman	29349	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 472-8402	452	33	13.6	60.4%	351 (77.7%)	33 (7.3%)	33 (7.3%)	12 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	69.2	90^th of 341 public middle schools	73.6%		71.9	80^th of 321 public middle schools	75.1%	10				57.3	64.5				51.8	57.8				81%		$13,136	$314	$693	$1,007	$10,743	$1,386	$12,129
Fairforest Middle	Public	6-8	150 Lincoln School Road	Spartanburg	29301	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 06	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 576-1270	1,007	76	13.2	—	224 (22.2%)	264 (26.2%)	419 (41.6%)	26 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (7.1%)	20.4	281^st of 341 public middle schools	17.6%		21.4	258^th of 321 public middle schools	19.6%	23			39.9	44.7	45.0			23.4	26.5	27.7		25.9		90%		$13,546	$441	$170	$610	$11,395	$1,540	$12,935
McCracken Middle	Public	6-8	300 Webber Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	No	No	No	(864) 594-4457	937	79	11.7	78.6%	451 (48.1%)	300 (32.0%)	116 (12.4%)	22 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.9%)	59.4	118^th of 341 public middle schools	65.4%		65.3	97^th of 321 public middle schools	69.8%	21			55.3	55.9	60.2			41.2	48.3	51.0		55.7		96%		$15,157	$433	$789	$1,222	$11,872	$2,063	$13,935
Carver Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	467 South Church Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	Yes	No	Yes	(864) 594-4435	633	62	10.2	—	62 (9.8%)	437 (69.0%)	79 (12.5%)	19 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (5.5%)	20.9	278^th of 341 public middle schools	18.5%		30.7	229^th of 321 public middle schools	28.7%	49			32.7	43.3	45.8			19.9	31.2	31.0		29.9		95%		$17,292	$1,304	$1,106	$2,410	$12,916	$1,967	$14,883
Clifdale Middle	Public	6-8	451 Heritage Hill Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 03	No	No	No	No	(864) 279-6200	605	45	13.4	67.8%	395 (65.3%)	90 (14.9%)	70 (11.6%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.3%)	66.8	96^th of 341 public middle schools	71.8%		49.9	143^rd of 321 public middle schools	55.5%	47			68.0	58.4	60.9			55.2	43.4	50.6		56.9		≥ 96%		$15,272	$519	$943	$1,462	$12,317	$1,493	$13,810
Landrum Middle	Public	6-8	104 Redland Road	Landrum	29356	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 457-2629	218	18	12.1	51.4%	190 (87.2%)	5 (2.3%)	10 (4.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	77.2	68^th of 341 public middle schools	80.1%		72.8	76^th of 321 public middle schools	76.3%	8			64.8	70.2	65.0			50.7	51.9	55.9		70.4		89%		$15,634	$269	$811	$1,080	$12,909	$1,645	$14,555

Frequently Asked Questions about Rainbow Lake Middle

What high school do graduates of Rainbow Lake Middle attend?

Students who attend Rainbow Lake Middle usually go on to attend Boiling Springs High

What district is Rainbow Lake Middle in?

Spartanburg 02

What is the racial makeup of Rainbow Lake Middle?

Students at Rainbow Lake Middle are 58% White, 16% African American, 14% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 1% American Indian.

How many students attend Rainbow Lake Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 973 students attended Rainbow Lake Middle.

Is Rainbow Lake Middle a good school?

Rainbow Lake Middle ranks 127^th of 341 South Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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