Best Mount Pleasant Public Middle Schools

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 4 public middle schools serving 3,654 students in Mount Pleasant, SC. The top-ranked public middle schools in Mount Pleasant, SC are Thomas C. Cario Middle School, East Cooper Montessori Charter and Laing Middle School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Mount Pleasant, SC public middle schools have an average math proficiency score of 71% (versus the South Carolina public middle school average of 34%), and reading proficiency score of 77% (versus the 46% statewide average). Middle schools in Mount Pleasant have an average ranking of 10/10, which is in the top 1% of South Carolina public middle schools.

Minority enrollment is 17% of the student body (majority Black and Hispanic), which is less than the South Carolina public middle school average of 52% (majority Black).