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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 29073

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791

Students

Top rankedCarolina Springs Middle154^th of 335 South Carolina middle schools

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Summary:

Zip code 29073 in Lexington, SC, is home to just one middle school, Carolina Springs Middle, which serves grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 791 students and is part of the highly-rated Lexington 01 district.

Carolina Springs Middle is a school of striking contrasts. Its most impressive achievement is a phenomenal 98.76% proficiency rate on the Algebra 1 End-of-Course exam, far surpassing both the district (78.25%) and state (73.95%) averages. However, this success with an accelerated group of students stands in sharp contrast to the school's grade-level math scores, which decline dramatically as students progress. While 6th-grade math proficiency is 45.9%, it falls to just 26.1% by 8th grade—a 19.8-point drop that leaves the school 18 points behind the state average. A similar pattern appears in English Language Arts, where the school starts strong in 6th grade (67.9%, above the state) but falls below both state and district averages by 8th grade. The school has maintained a consistent 3-star rating and 54th percentile ranking over the past three years.

There are some positive signs. Between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, 6th-grade scores improved significantly in ELA (+8 points), math (+9.6 points), and science (+13.7 points), suggesting recent instructional changes are helping incoming students. The school also benefits from strong resources, spending $14,288 per student with a favorable 12.3:1 student-teacher ratio. However, a major concern is chronic absenteeism, which sits at 25.6%—meaning more than one in four students is chronically absent, a rate notably higher than the state average. This likely contributes to the declining performance in upper grades. Despite being in a top-tier district, Carolina Springs Middle consistently underperforms its district peers, with the gap widening in 7th and 8th grades. For parents, this school offers excellent opportunities for advanced math students but raises questions about how well it supports the broader student body as they move through middle school.

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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	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 (2024)	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 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
Carolina Springs Middle	Public	6-8	6180 Platt Springs Road	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-4900	791	64	12.3	57.0%	382 (48.3%)	242 (30.6%)	98 (12.4%)	11 (1.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.0%)	50.7	154^th of 335 public middle schools	54.0%		46.9	155^th of 320 public middle schools	51.6%	1	67.9	57.0	54.8	45.9	31.2	26.1	54.0	$14,288	$1,061	$444	$1,505	$11,241	$1,542	$12,783

Cities Near Zip Code 29073

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lexington	0.85 mi	23	38^th
West Columbia	1.89 mi	16	108^th
Gaston	9.04 mi	2	217^th
Columbia	9.28 mi	83	151^st
Cayce	9.69 mi	4	172^nd

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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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