Best Cities in South Carolina for Schools

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Rank (of 226)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.991	1
2^nd	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.973	2
3^rd	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.964	5	2
4^th	Mount Pleasant	9	3	5	0	11	0.958	3	1
5^th	Indian Land	2	2	0	0	0	0.913	6	1
6^th	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.913	4	2
7^th	Fort Mill	9	5	3	0	3	0.908	7
8^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.892	11	3
9^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	9
10^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.877	8	2
11^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.865	10	1
12^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.864	13	1
13^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.863	20	7
14^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.859	14
15^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.856	16	1
16^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.831	12	4
17^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.83	15	2
18^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.828	17	1
19^th	Branchville	2	0	2	0	0	0.816	40	21
20^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.816	28	8
21^st	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.814	18	3
22^nd	Belton	4	1	0	0	0	0.804	26	4
23^rd	Simpsonville	10	4	4	0	7	0.804	22	1
24^th	Greer	5	3	4	0	3	0.799	29	5
25^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.789	36	11
26^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	1	0.779	30	4
27^th	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	4	0.773	45	18
28^th	Chapin	3	2	4	0	3	0.772	39	11
29^th	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	32	3
30^th	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.77	49	19
31^st	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	1	0.767	23	8
32^nd	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	24	8
33^rd	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.759	33
33^rd	Pacolet	1	0	0	0	0	0.759	64	31
35^th	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.755	56	21
36^th	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.75	27	9
37^th	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	1	1	0.748	41	4
38^th	New Zion	3	0	0	0	0	0.745	21	17
39^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.743	31	8
40^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.741	25	15
41^st	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.74	38	3
42^nd	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.738	19	23
43^rd	Lexington	12	5	4	1	6	0.734	43
44^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	44
45^th	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.731	34	11
46^th	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.725	70	24
47^th	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.725	51	4
48^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	52	4
49^th	Myrtle Beach	14	7	9	0	7	0.712	37	12
50^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.709	35	15
51^st	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	50	1
52^nd	Conway	7	3	5	0	1	0.7	55	3
53^rd	Charleston	22	4	6	1	24	0.693	47	6
54^th	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	3	0.685	42	12
55^th	Brunson	2	0	0	0	0	0.684	69	14
56^th	Pickens	3	2	1	0	2	0.68	48	8
57^th	Cowpens	1	0	0	0	1	0.675	67	10
58^th	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.673	57	1
59^th	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.669	58	1
60^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.666	68	8
61^st	Boiling Springs	4	0	1	0	0	0.663	46	15
62^nd	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.65	54	8
63^rd	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	53	10
64^th	Duncan	2	3	1	1	0	0.636	63	1
65^th	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.634	74	9
66^th	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.622	71	5
67^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.613	65	2
68^th	North Augusta	4	4	2	0	5	0.61	72	4
69^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.609	118	49
70^th	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	59	11
71^st	Turbeville	0	0	4	0	0	0.605	91	20
72^nd	Summerville	17	6	3	1	9	0.601	66	6
73^rd	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.598	73
74^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.598	95	21
75^th	Seneca	4	1	1	0	2	0.597	78	3
76^th	Landrum	1	1	0	0	2	0.594	61	15
77^th	Westminster	3	2	2	0	3	0.587	90	13
78^th	Greenville	29	12	15	4	36	0.586	79	1
79^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.578	76	3
80^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	2	0.577	60	20
81^st	Anderson	13	4	6	0	9	0.571	83	2
82^nd	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.562	75	7
83^rd	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.555	87	4
84^th	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.552	88	4
85^th	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.55	103	18
86^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.548	85	1
87^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	1	0.547	89	2
88^th	Rock Hill	16	5	5	2	10	0.54	82	6
89^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	5	0.538	84	5
90^th	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.537	93	3
91^st	Florence	13	4	4	1	9	0.531	94	3
92^nd	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	2	0.524	77	15
93^rd	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.524	80	13
94^th	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	4	0.503	97	3
95^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.502	62	33
96^th	Aiken	9	4	4	2	8	0.501	101	5
97^th	Clinton	4	1	1	1	0	0.499	86	11
98^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	136	38
99^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.492	114	15
100^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	135	35
101^st	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.475	106	5
102^nd	West Columbia	7	4	4	1	6	0.469	100	2
103^rd	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.454	81	22
104^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	3	0.452	105	1
105^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.452	132	27
106^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	5	0.442	107	1
107^th	Spartanburg	20	4	5	2	12	0.442	99	8
108^th	Lancaster	9	3	4	0	2	0.441	123	15
109^th	Hampton	2	2	0	0	0	0.439	102	7
110^th	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	3	0.439	113	3
111^th	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.43	164	53
112^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.427	96	16
113^th	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.425	131	18
114^th	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	152	38
115^th	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.422	116	1
116^th	North	2	0	2	0	0	0.421	133	17
117^th	York	4	2	2	0	1	0.421	129	12
118^th	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.419	110	8
119^th	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.416	121	2
120^th	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	112	8
121^st	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.411	141	20
122^nd	Roebuck	1	1	1	0	0	0.408	117	5
123^rd	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.401	120	3
124^th	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.4	158	34
125^th	Darlington	4	1	3	0	2	0.395	125
126^th	Camden	4	1	2	0	4	0.394	128	2
127^th	Bamberg	2	2	2	0	0	0.393	122	5
128^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.392	92	36
129^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.39	127	2
130^th	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.389	119	11
131^st	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.387	111	20
132^nd	Lamar	1	1	1	0	1	0.379	115	17
133^rd	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.373	104	29
134^th	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	162	28
135^th	Graniteville	2	1	1	0	1	0.371	146	11
136^th	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.364	139	3
137^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.349	169	32
138^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	2	0	2	0.338	138
139^th	Gaffney	9	2	2	0	1	0.332	150	11
140^th	North Charleston	16	5	11	0	9	0.326	147	7
141^st	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.325	144	3
142^nd	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	4	0.322	134	8
143^rd	Varnville	2	2	2	0	0	0.319	143
144^th	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.318	130	14
145^th	Greeleyville	2	1	0	0	0	0.318	180	35
146^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.314	109	37
147^th	Hardeeville	1	0	1	2	0	0.308	148	1
148^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.307	142	6
149^th	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.306	126	23
150^th	Columbia	43	12	21	6	31	0.301	140	10
151^st	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.293	165	14
152^nd	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.293	145	7
153^rd	Shaw Afb	2	0	0	0	0	0.292		(n/a)
154^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.291	108	46
155^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.29	154	1
156^th	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.276	161	5
157^th	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.273	171	14
158^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.273	172	14
159^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.266	189	30
160^th	Manning	4	4	4	0	1	0.265	155	5
161^st	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.264	137	24
162^nd	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	3	0.259	177	15
163^rd	Swansea	4	0	1	1	0	0.258	151	12
164^th	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.256	179	15
165^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.254	159	6
166^th	Summerton	5	3	3	0	2	0.251	176	10
167^th	Estill	2	2	1	0	1	0.25	149	18
168^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.248	170	2
169^th	Trenton	2	0	1	0	0	0.244	227	58
170^th	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.243	186	16
171^st	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.243	201	30
172^nd	Monetta	0	0	1	0	0	0.239	191	19
173^rd	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	1	0.238	166	7
174^th	Fairfax	2	1	2	0	0	0.234	185	11
175^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.231	196	21
176^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.231	175	1
177^th	Mc Cormick	1	1	2	0	0	0.228	198	21
178^th	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.227	157	21
179^th	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.225	181	2
180^th	Sumter	12	5	4	0	9	0.223	187	7
181^st	Elloree	2	0	0	0	0	0.206	193	12
182^nd	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.205	188	6
183^rd	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.205	182	1
184^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.204	226	42
185^th	Lake City	2	1	2	0	1	0.201	160	25
186^th	Orangeburg	15	4	8	0	7	0.199	183	3
187^th	Denmark	2	2	2	0	0	0.198	195	8
188^th	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.194	156	32
189^th	Cayce	1	1	2	0	0	0.186	197	8
190^th	Eutawville	2	0	0	0	0	0.184	173	17
191^st	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.183	184	7
192^nd	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.18	214	22
193^rd	Timmonsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.167	206	13
194^th	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.165	190	4
195^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.164	207	12
196^th	Vance	2	0	0	0	0	0.161	230	34
197^th	Marion	3	1	1	0	1	0.157	220	23
198^th	Cordova	2	1	2	0	0	0.153	209	11
199^th	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.152	203	4
200^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.149	98	102
201^st	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.138	168	33
202^nd	Andrews	1	1	1	0	1	0.134	194	8
203^rd	Dillon	3	1	2	0	1	0.132	202	1
204^th	Hollywood	0	0	1	0	0	0.132	213	9
205^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.13	163	42
206^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.129	204	2
207^th	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.115	216	9
208^th	Clio	1	0	0	0	0	0.111	210	2
209^th	Neeses	2	0	2	0	0	0.11	218	9
210^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.109	208	2
211^th	Ridgeland	2	0	3	1	5	0.108	219	8
212^th	Bishopville	1	1	2	1	1	0.101	221	9
213^th	Holly Hill	2	2	0	0	1	0.089	200	13
214^th	N Charleston	1	0	2	0	0	0.087	192	22
215^th	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.081	231	16
216^th	Santee	0	0	4	0	0	0.077	215	1
217^th	Rowesville	2	0	2	0	0	0.073	229	12
218^th	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.072	222	4
219^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.063	205	14
219^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.063	211	8
221^st	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.061	223	2
222^nd	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.046	224	2
223^rd	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.039	174	49
224^th	Blenheim	0	1	0	0	0	0.025	225	1
225^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	1	0.02	217	8
226^th	Rembert	2	0	1	0	1	0.003	228	2

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