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South Carolina City Rankings

Updated Tuesday, October 1, 2019, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 234)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.973	2	1
2^nd	Tega Cay	1	1	0	0	0	0.959	1	1
3^rd	Mount Pleasant	9	3	3	0	10	0.953	4	1
4^th	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.951	3	1
5^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.922	7	2
6^th	Fort Mill	8	4	2	0	2	0.919	6
7^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.902	8	1
8^th	Chapin	2	2	3	0	2	0.891	5	3
9^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.89	10	1
10^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.884	12	2
11^th	Indian Land	2	1	1	0	0	0.876	14	3
12^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.873	9	3
13^th	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.869	16	3
14^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.851	17	3
15^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.829	15
16^th	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.828	18	2
17^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.826	13	4
18^th	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.816	21	3
19^th	Simpsonville	9	4	2	0	6	0.807	30	11
20^th	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	42	22
21^st	Lexington	12	4	4	0	4	0.792	23	2
22^nd	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.791	27	5
23^rd	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.786	67	44
24^th	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.784	51	27
25^th	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.783	20	5
26^th	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.781	32	6
27^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.776	39	12
28^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.775	35	7
29^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.775	11	18
30^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.774	29	1
31^st	Myrtle Beach	14	7	7	0	5	0.773	31
32^nd	Bluffton	6	1	3	0	3	0.771	37	5
33^rd	Greer	5	3	4	0	3	0.77	38	5
34^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.768	28	6
35^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	40	5
36^th	Blair	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	122	86
37^th	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	33	4
38^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	1	0.756	24	14
39^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	0	0.754	36	3
40^th	Summerville	15	5	3	0	8	0.752	34	6
41^st	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.75	43	2
42^nd	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	2	0.749	22	20
43^rd	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	74	31
44^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.727	19	25
45^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	25	20
46^th	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.719	48	2
47^th	North Augusta	4	3	2	0	4	0.698	55	8
48^th	Boiling Springs	3	1	1	1	0	0.696	45	3
49^th	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.689		(n/a)
50^th	Belton	3	1	0	0	0	0.688	61	11
51^st	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.685	50	1
52^nd	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.683	26	26
53^rd	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.683	54	1
54^th	Duncan	2	3	1	1	0	0.68	44	10
55^th	Landrum	1	1	0	0	0	0.678	41	14
56^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	79	23
57^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.653	58	1
58^th	Pickens	3	2	1	0	2	0.649	59	1
59^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.645	46	13
60^th	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.638	52	8
61^st	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.637	77	16
62^nd	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.637	53	9
63^rd	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.634	63
64^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.628	47	17
65^th	Turbeville	0	0	1	1	0	0.619		(n/a)
66^th	New Zion	1	0	0	0	0	0.619	84	18
67^th	Branchville	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	62	5
68^th	Greenville	29	12	14	5	25	0.615	64	4
69^th	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.607	72	3
70^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.606	68	2
71^st	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.599	81	10
72^nd	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.595	49	23
73^rd	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.595	71	2
74^th	Anderson	15	4	5	0	8	0.594	70	4
75^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.589	90	15
76^th	Seneca	4	1	2	0	2	0.588	78	2
77^th	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.585	89	12
78^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	1	0.584	75	3
79^th	Conway	7	3	3	0	1	0.579	57	22
80^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.575	65	15
81^st	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.563	101	20
82^nd	Pacolet	1	1	0	0	0	0.557	96	14
83^rd	Charleston	21	4	6	1	20	0.548	88	5
84^th	Cowpens	1	1	0	0	0	0.547	66	18
85^th	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.546	95	10
86^th	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	114	28
87^th	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.539	73	14
88^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.536	87	1
89^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.532	97	8
90^th	Aiken	9	5	5	0	6	0.531	111	21
91^st	Brunson	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	69	22
92^nd	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	2	0.527	56	36
93^rd	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.522	82	11
94^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	80	14
95^th	West Columbia	8	3	4	0	3	0.515	86	9
96^th	Rock Hill	19	5	4	2	7	0.514	85	11
97^th	York	4	2	2	0	0	0.505	103	6
98^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	2	0	1	0.502	94	4
99^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.502	119	20
100^th	Bamberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.501	126	26
101^st	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.498	102	1
102^nd	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.495	91	11
103^rd	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	60	43
104^th	Florence	15	4	4	0	8	0.492	116	12
105^th	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	3	0.49	98	7
106^th	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	1	0.487	192	86
107^th	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.486	146	39
108^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.482	112	4
109^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.481	128	19
110^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	1	0	0.479	120	10
111^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.471	92	19
112^th	Ridgeville	1	0	0	1	0	0.46	76	36
113^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.458	141	28
114^th	Lamar	2	1	1	0	0	0.452	115	1
115^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.449	106	9
116^th	Westminster	3	2	1	0	2	0.447	118	2
117^th	Camden	5	1	2	0	4	0.446	117
118^th	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.446	93	25
119^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.444	105	14
120^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	4	0.443	125	5
121^st	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.442	104	17
122^nd	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.44	99	23
123^rd	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	142	19
124^th	Cayce	1	2	2	0	0	0.432	110	14
125^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	134	9
126^th	Darlington	5	1	3	0	2	0.421	133	7
127^th	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.419	171	44
128^th	Graniteville	1	1	1	0	0	0.414	137	9
129^th	Lancaster	9	3	3	0	0	0.412	139	10
130^th	Columbia	42	12	19	6	27	0.402	131	1
131^st	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	163	32
132^nd	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.392	140	8
133^rd	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.387	107	26
134^th	Clinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.385	124	10
135^th	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.384	147	12
136^th	Spartanburg	19	3	5	2	11	0.383	135	1
137^th	Clio	1	1	0	0	0	0.38	161	24
138^th	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.377	153	15
139^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.375	138	1
140^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.372	113	27
141^st	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	132	9
142^nd	Hollywood	0	0	1	1	0	0.372		(n/a)
143^rd	Varnville	1	1	1	0	0	0.368	149	6
144^th	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.367	130	14
145^th	Gaffney	10	3	2	0	0	0.362	143	2
146^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	83	63
147^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.355	123	24
148^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	2	0.341	148
149^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	100	49
150^th	Bethune	1	0	0	0	0	0.336	215	65
151^st	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.335	127	24
152^nd	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.334	154	2
153^rd	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.329	158	5
154^th	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.325	159	5
155^th	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.322	145	10
156^th	Pineville	1	0	0	0	0	0.32	108	48
157^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.319	156	1
158^th	North Charleston	18	5	9	1	5	0.316	144	14
159^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.308	214	55
160^th	Hampton	1	1	0	0	0	0.305	181	21
161^st	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.303	168	7
162^nd	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	1	0.302	162
163^rd	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.299	155	8
164^th	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.298	151	13
165^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.286	164	1
166^th	Swansea	4	0	1	1	0	0.285	160	6
167^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.283	136	31
168^th	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.281	170	2
169^th	Eutawville	1	0	0	0	0	0.278	195	26
170^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	0	0.276	179	9
171^st	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.273	172	1
172^nd	Shaw A F B	2	0	0	0	0	0.268	121	51
173^rd	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.268	177	4
174^th	Bishopville	1	1	2	2	1	0.261	174
175^th	Elloree	1	0	0	0	0	0.258	210	35
176^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.254	173	3
177^th	Blackville	1	0	2	0	3	0.247	184	7
178^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.242	167	11
179^th	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.242	152	27
180^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.224	183	3
181^st	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	0	0.217	166	15
182^nd	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.214	188	6
183^rd	Andrews	1	1	1	0	1	0.209	191	8
184^th	Sumter	11	5	4	0	7	0.207	175	9
185^th	Orangeburg	9	2	3	0	5	0.206	182	3
186^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.201	150	36
187^th	Cordova	1	1	1	0	0	0.199	180	7
188^th	Manning	2	2	2	0	1	0.198	190	2
189^th	Estill	1	1	1	0	1	0.191	202	13
190^th	Williston	1	1	1	0	1	0.19	169	21
191^st	Neeses	1	0	1	0	0	0.183	211	20
192^nd	Rowesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.181	209	17
193^rd	Summerton	2	1	1	0	1	0.175	176	17
194^th	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.164	198	4
195^th	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.163	199	4
196^th	Yemassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.16	232	36
197^th	Hardeeville	1	1	0	2	0	0.16	197
198^th	Lake City	2	2	1	0	1	0.157	219	21
199^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.155	205	6
200^th	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.15	185	15
201^st	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.148	187	14
202^nd	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.146	218	16
203^rd	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.141	165	38
204^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.129	196	8
205^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	3	0.127	216	11
206^th	Rembert	2	0	0	1	1	0.126	178	28
207^th	North	1	0	1	0	0	0.126	217	10
208^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.126	189	19
209^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.123	213	4
210^th	Greeleyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.123	201	9
211^th	Holly Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.121	222	11
212^th	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.121	207	5
213^th	Fairfax	3	1	1	0	0	0.117	223	10
214^th	Monetta	0	1	1	0	0	0.114		(n/a)
215^th	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.113	193	22
216^th	Trenton	2	0	0	1	0	0.111	194	22
217^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.11	203	14
218^th	Denmark	1	1	1	0	0	0.103	186	32
219^th	Gresham	1	0	0	0	0	0.102	129	90
220^th	Vance	1	0	0	0	0	0.085	231	11
221^st	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.083	225	4
222^nd	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.082	224	2
223^rd	Ridgeland	1	1	2	1	3	0.08	228	5
224^th	Marion	2	1	2	0	0	0.079	208	16
225^th	Mayesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.071	200	25
226^th	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.069	204	22
227^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.068	230	3
228^th	Santee	0	0	1	0	0	0.054	212	16
229^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	0	0.052	220	9
230^th	Blenheim	1	0	0	0	0	0.048	234	4
231^st	Mc Cormick	1	1	1	0	0	0.039	226	5
232^nd	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.036	227	5
233^rd	Salters	1	0	0	0	0	0.027	206	27
234^th	Timmonsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.016	233	1

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