Best Middle Schools in South Carolina

The top 27 middle schools (grades 6-8) in South Carolina, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill	Simpsonville, SC	1,698	56%
2	Cane Bay Middle	Summerville, SC	1,487	65%
3	Daniel Island School	Charleston, SC	1,170	73%
4	Orange Grove Charter School	Charleston, SC	1,167	61%
5	Thomas C. Cario Middle	Mt. Pleasant, SC	1,125	73%
6	Laing Middle	Mount Pleasant, SC	1,012	68%
7	Chapin Middle	Chapin, SC	991	67%
8	GREEN Charter School	Greenville, SC	979	63%
9	Pleasant Knoll Middle	Fort Mill, SC	961	72%
10	Chapin Intermediate	Chapin, SC	913	65%
11	Camp Road Middle	Charleston, SC	864	64%
12	Gold Hill Middle	Tega Cay, SC	855	75%
13	Lakeside Middle	Lexington, SC	839	62%
14	Forest Creek Middle	Fort Mill, SC	751	63%
15	Pleasant Hill Middle	Lexington, SC	748	69%
16	Manning Elementary	Manning, SC	503	72%
17	Langston Charter Middle	Greenville, SC	449	65%
18	Tall Pines STEM Academy	Aiken, SC	382	69%
19	Murray-LaSaine Montessori	Charleston, SC	363	63%
20	Manning Junior High	Manning, SC	362	69%
21	Palmetto Academy of Learning and Success Charter	Myrtle Beach, SC	314	62%
22	Youth Leadership Academy	Pickens, SC	287	77%
23	Montessori Community School	Charleston, SC	273	65%
24	Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle	Bamberg, SC	192	62%
25	Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter School	McClellanville, SC	191	70%
26	The Montessori School of Camden	Camden, SC	124	67%
27	Gates School	Mt. Pleasant, SC	109	64%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in South Carolina?

The largest middle school in South Carolina is Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill in Simpsonville with 1,698 students and a 56% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in South Carolina?

This page shows the top 27 middle schools (grades 6-8) in South Carolina by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.