Sangaree Middle, Ladson SC - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Sangaree Middle

Sangaree Middle School serves grades six through eight in Ladson, a census-designated place in the greater Charleston metro area that spans Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties. Ladson is a suburban, car-dependent community shaped by Interstate 26 and U.S. Route 78, with no traditional downtown and an events center, Exchange Park, serving as its primary civic anchor. The area has been growing steadily, and the population has increased over the past decade, with median home values rising. The school sits within the Berkeley 01 district, which passed a major bond referendum in recent years to fund new school construction, safety upgrades, and technology improvements, and implemented attendance zone redistricting to address rapid enrollment growth. This means families moving into the area may encounter shifting attendance boundaries and new schools opening.

Sangaree Middle is a regular public school with an enrollment in the mid-hundreds, spread across grades six through eight. The student body is diverse, with the largest groups identifying as white and Black, followed by Hispanic and multiracial students, with smaller shares of Asian and Native American or Pacific Islander students. A substantial majority of students come from low-income households, as indicated by the share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students receiving special education services or English learner support was not reported in the available records.

On state assessments, the school’s results present a mixed picture. In English language arts, roughly half of students across grades six through eight scored at the proficient level or above, with grade seven showing a modestly stronger result than the other two grades. In mathematics, the share of students reaching proficiency was substantially lower, hovering around a quarter in each grade. That gap between ELA and math is a pattern worth noting. Science results, available only for grade six, placed proficient students at a level between the two core subjects. A set of social studies scores from several years ago, when the state used a different assessment and cut scores, is too old and too different from the current testing regime to draw comparisons. Because the state made cut-score changes in ELA and science in the tested year, the trend lines for those subjects are not reliably comparable to prior years, and no multi-year trend data was available for any subject. A parent may want to ask the school about the math performance specifically and what supports are in place.

The school did not report chronic absenteeism, discipline statistics, or staffing data, so those dimensions of the school climate are not possible to characterize from the available information. No information on course offerings or programs, such as arts, athletics, or advanced coursework at the middle school level, was provided. Because Sangaree Middle is a regular school within a growing district, families may want to contact the school directly for details on elective options and extracurriculars.

In the Berkeley County district context, Sangaree Middle sits in a community where housing values are broadly in line with the state benchmark, and the area continues to attract new residents, partly due to its location between Summerville, North Charleston, and Goose Creek and its access to major highways. The district’s recent investments in facilities and its ongoing growth mean that the school may see enrollment changes in the coming years. For a family evaluating this school, the student composition reflects the surrounding suburban area, academic results show a clear gap between ELA and math, and the lack of reported data on several school environment measures means some important questions remain unanswered.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 27% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 724%

School 24% · District 28% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 25% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 52% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 55% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 54% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 42% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 70% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income41%Higher-income57%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income72%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income60%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income14%Higher-income39%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income49%35 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income17%Higher-income37%20 pp gap