Best Middle Schools in the Greenville, SC Area

Are you looking for information on top public middle schools in the Greenville area? Below you'll find rankings on some of the best Greenville-area middle schools including Buena Vista Elementary School, Sterling Elementary School, SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, and Riverside High School. We also have data to help you compare such top traditional public middle schools to the area's best charter schools including Langston Charter Middle School, GREEN Charter School, Greenville Technical Charter High School, and Youth Leadership Academy.

The list below is not meant be used as a definitive guide to which Greenville-area middle school would be best for any individual child. For schools that are close to one another in rankings, differences in available data are in most cases very small.

Top Middle Schools in the Greenville Area

Rank	School Name	City	School Type	Grades Served
1	Sterling Elementary School	Greenville, SC	Regular	PK-8
2	GREEN Charter School	Greenville, SC	Charter	K-10
3	Langston Charter Middle School	Greenville, SC	Charter	6-8
4	Southwood Academy of the Arts	Anderson, SC	Regular	6-8
5	Riverside Middle School	Greer, SC	Regular	6-8
6	Beck Academy	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
7	Youth Leadership Academy	Pickens, SC	Charter	6-8
8	R C Edwards Middle School	Central, SC	Regular	6-8
9	Riverside Middle School	Pendleton, SC	Regular	7-8
10	Phinnize Fisher Middle School	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
11	Powdersville Middle School	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
12	League Academy	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
13	Wren Middle School	Piedmont, SC	Regular	6-8
14	Blue Ridge Middle School	Greer, SC	Regular	6-8
15	Mauldin Middle School	Simpsonville, SC	Regular	6-8
16	Greenville Middle Academy	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
17	Ralph Chandler Middle School	Simpsonville, SC	Regular	6-8
18	Glenview Middle School	Anderson, SC	Regular	6-8
19	Sevier Middle School	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
20	Richard H Gettys Middle School	Easley, SC	Regular	6-8
21	Palmetto Middle School	Williamston, SC	Regular	6-8
22	Starr Iva Middle School	Starr, SC	Regular	6-8
23	Northwood Middle School	Taylors, SC	Regular	6-8
24	McCants Middle School	Anderson, SC	Regular	6-8
25	Hillcrest Middle School	Simpsonville, SC	Regular	6-8
26	LEAD Academy	Greenville, SC	Charter	K-8
27	Dacusville Middle School	Easley, SC	Regular	6-8
28	Hickory Tavern Elementary/Middle	Gray Court, SC	Regular	PK-8
29	Pickens Middle School	Pickens, SC	Regular	6-8
30	Laurens Middle School	Laurens, SC	Regular	6-8
31	Bryson Middle School	Simpsonville, SC	Regular	6-8
32	Liberty Middle School	Liberty, SC	Regular	6-8
33	Robert Anderson Middle School	Anderson, SC	Regular	6-8
34	Honea Path Middle School	Honea Path, SC	Regular	6-8
35	Northwest Middle School	Travelers Rest, SC	Regular	6-8
36	Hughes Academy	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
37	Greer Middle School	Greer, SC	Regular	6-8
38	Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle	Gray Court , SC	Regular	PK-8
39	Belton Middle School	Belton, SC	Regular	6-8
40	Clinton Middle School	Clinton, SC	Regular	6-8
41	Cyber Academy of South Carolina	Greenville, SC	Charter	K-12
42	Sanders Middle School	Laurens, SC	Regular	6-8
43	Woodmont Middle School	Piedmont, SC	Regular	6-8
44	Berea Middle School	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
45	Lakeview Middle School	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
46	Tanglewood Middle School	Greenville, SC	Regular	6-8
47	NEXT High School	Greenville, SC	Charter	6-12

Rankings for the best middle schools in the Greenville area were created independently by Carolina School Hub. The test data for this site was derived from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and South Carolina Department of Education.

You can click on a specific school name above for more information on test scores, student data and more.

Choosing a Middle School

In North and South Carolina, middle school typically comprises grades six through eight. Many parents who move to the Greenville area are attracted to middle schools in towns such as Greenville SC, Anderson SC, Simpsonville SC, and Greer SC.

Middle Schools on this page were drawn from the following counties:

• Greenville County, SC
• Anderson County, SC
• Pickens County, SC
• Laurens County, SC