| Middle School – Class I-B | Middle School – Class I-C |
| Allice Drive Middle | Lexington Middle |
| Beck Middle | Bates Middle |
| Boiling Springs Junior | Bob Jones Junior |
| Chapin Middle | C.E. Williams Middle |
| Crayton Middle | College Park Middle |
| D.R. Hill Middle | Dent Middle |
| Edisto Middle | Drayton Hall Middle |
| Fort Mill Middle | E.L. Wright Middle |
| Guinyard-Butler Middle | Gilbert Middle |
| Hand Middle | Hanahan Middle |
| Laing Middle | Jackson Middle |
| Myrtle Beach Middle | Laurens Middle |
| North Augusta Middle | New Ellenton Middle |
| Powdersville Middle | Paul Knox Middle |
| Sedgefield Middle School | Rawlinson Road Middle |
| Southside Middle | Schofield Middle |
| Walterboro Junior | Summit Parkway Middle |
| White Knoll Middle | |
| High School – Class 1-A | High School – Class 2-A |
| Indian Land | Barnwell |
| Pelion | Gilbert Middle |
| Waccamaw | Pendleton |
| Chapin Middle | |
| Hanahan | |
| Silver Bluff | |
| High School – Class 3-A | High School – Class 4-A |
| Cheraw | Aiken |
| Lugoff-Elgin | Brookland-Cayce |
| Myrtle Beach | Goose Creek |
| St. Andrews | Midland Valley |
| York Comprehensive | West Florence |
| Fort Mill | Boiling Springs |
| Middleton | J.F. Byrnes |
| Newberry | Hartsville |
| Travelers Rest | Walterboro |
| High School – Class 5-A | Concert Achievement Award |
| Lexington | Bob Jones Academy |
| Stratford | |
| Northwestern | |
| Irmo | |
| Sumter | |
| As reported in “The South Carolina Musician” – August 1996 | |