Thomas C. Cario Middle
Mt. Pleasant, SC · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Thomas C. Cario Middle is a middle school in Mt. Pleasant, SC with 1,125 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Charleston 01. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Thomas C. Cario Middle is a middle school located in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. The school serves 1,125 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
15% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Thomas C. Cario Middle is part of the Charleston 01 in South Carolina.
How This School Compares
Thomas C. Cario Middle has 1,125 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Charleston 01 (632 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 30 percentage points above the district average of 42%. Compared to the South Carolina state average of 40%, the school performs 32 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Thomas C. Cario Middle has 1,125 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Thomas C. Cario Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Thomas C. Cario Middle is part of the Charleston 01 in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.