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Due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, the South Carolina Department of Education did not administer assessments for the 2019-2020 school year. SchoolDigger will resume updating its rankings when test scores are released in 2021.

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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	0.974	2	1
2^nd	Tega Cay	1	1	0	0	0	0.958	1	1
3^rd	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	3
4^th	Mount Pleasant	9	3	3	0	10	0.95	4
5^th	Fort Mill	8	4	2	0	2	0.922	6	1
6^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.918	7	1
7^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.897	8	1
8^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.89	10	2
9^th	Chapin	2	2	3	0	2	0.887	5	4
10^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.883	12	2
11^th	Indian Land	2	1	1	0	0	0.873	14	3
12^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	9	3
13^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.865	17	4
14^th	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.865	16	2
15^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	15
16^th	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.826	18	2
17^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.825	13	4
18^th	Simpsonville	9	4	2	0	6	0.817	30	12
19^th	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.813	21	2
20^th	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	42	22
21^st	Lexington	12	4	4	0	4	0.791	23	2
22^nd	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.787	27	5
23^rd	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.784	51	28
24^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.783	67	43
25^th	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.782	20	5
26^th	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.777	32	6
27^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.775	39	12
28^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.773	29	1
29^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.772	35	6
30^th	Myrtle Beach	14	7	7	0	5	0.772	31	1
31^st	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.769	11	20
32^nd	Bluffton	6	1	3	0	3	0.768	37	5
33^rd	Greer	5	3	4	0	3	0.767	38	5
34^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.767	28	6
35^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.765	40	5
36^th	Blair	1	0	0	0	0	0.756	122	86
37^th	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.753	33	4
38^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	0	0.751	36	2
39^th	Summerville	15	5	3	0	8	0.75	34	5
40^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	1	0.749	24	16
41^st	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.748	43	2
42^nd	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	2	0.746	22	20
43^rd	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	0	0	0.729	74	31
44^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	25	19
45^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.724	19	26
46^th	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.716	48	2
47^th	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.71	26	21
48^th	North Augusta	4	3	2	0	4	0.695	55	7
49^th	Boiling Springs	3	1	1	1	0	0.695	45	4
50^th	Belton	3	1	0	0	0	0.686	61	11
51^st	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.685		(n/a)
52^nd	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.681	50	2
53^rd	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.681	54	1
54^th	Duncan	2	3	1	1	0	0.678	44	10
55^th	Landrum	1	1	0	0	0	0.676	41	14
56^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	79	23
57^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.65	58	1
58^th	Pickens	3	2	1	0	2	0.647	59	1
59^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.643	46	13
60^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.635	77	17
61^st	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.635	53	8
62^nd	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.634	52	10
63^rd	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.631	63
64^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.623	47	17
65^th	New Zion	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	84	19
66^th	Branchville	1	0	1	0	0	0.614	62	4
67^th	Turbeville	0	0	1	1	0	0.613		(n/a)
68^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.605	68
69^th	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.604	72	3
70^th	Greenville	29	12	14	5	25	0.604	64	6
71^st	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.598	81	10
72^nd	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	49	23
73^rd	Anderson	15	4	5	0	8	0.593	70	3
74^th	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.59	71	3
75^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.588	90	15
76^th	Seneca	4	1	2	0	2	0.586	78	2
77^th	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.581	89	12
78^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	1	0.58	75	3
79^th	Conway	7	3	3	0	1	0.576	57	22
80^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	65	15
81^st	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.556	101	20
82^nd	Charleston	22	4	6	1	20	0.554	88	6
83^rd	Pacolet	1	1	0	0	0	0.553	96	13
84^th	Cowpens	1	1	0	0	0	0.543	66	18
85^th	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	114	29
86^th	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.542	95	9
87^th	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.536	73	14
88^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.533	87	1
89^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.529	97	8
90^th	Brunson	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	69	21
91^st	Aiken	9	5	5	0	6	0.529	111	20
92^nd	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	2	0.525	56	36
93^rd	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.519	82	11
94^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	80	14
95^th	West Columbia	8	3	4	0	3	0.513	86	9
96^th	Rock Hill	19	5	4	2	7	0.512	85	11
97^th	York	4	2	2	0	0	0.503	103	6
98^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	2	0	1	0.5	94	4
99^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.499	119	20
100^th	Bamberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.497	126	26
101^st	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.495	102	1
102^nd	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	60	42
103^rd	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	91	12
104^th	Florence	15	4	4	0	8	0.491	116	12
105^th	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	3	0.488	98	7
106^th	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	1	0.487	192	86
107^th	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.483	146	39
108^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.48	128	20
109^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.48	112	3
110^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	1	0	0.475	120	10
111^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.47	92	19
112^th	Ridgeville	1	0	0	1	0	0.46	76	36
113^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.456	141	28
114^th	Lamar	2	1	1	0	0	0.449	115	1
115^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.448	106	9
116^th	Westminster	3	2	1	0	2	0.445	118	2
117^th	Camden	5	1	2	0	4	0.445	117
118^th	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.444	93	25
119^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	4	0.442	125	6
120^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.442	105	15
121^st	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.44	104	17
122^nd	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.439	142	20
123^rd	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.438	99	24
124^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	134	10
125^th	Darlington	5	1	3	0	2	0.42	133	8
126^th	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.418	171	45
127^th	Graniteville	1	1	1	0	0	0.413	137	10
128^th	Lancaster	9	3	3	0	0	0.41	139	11
129^th	Columbia	42	12	19	6	27	0.396	131	2
130^th	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.393	163	33
131^st	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	140	9
132^nd	Clinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.384	124	8
133^rd	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.384	107	26
134^th	Spartanburg	19	3	5	2	11	0.382	135	1
135^th	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.382	147	12
136^th	Clio	1	1	0	0	0	0.378	161	25
137^th	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.375	153	16
138^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.373	138
139^th	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	132	7
140^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.37	113	27
141^st	Hollywood	0	0	1	1	0	0.37		(n/a)
142^nd	Varnville	1	1	1	0	0	0.366	149	7
143^rd	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.365	130	13
144^th	Gaffney	10	3	2	0	0	0.361	143	1
145^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	83	62
146^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.354	123	23
147^th	Cayce	1	2	2	0	0	0.346	110	37
148^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	2	0.34	148
149^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.337	100	49
150^th	Bethune	1	0	0	0	0	0.336	215	65
151^st	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.334	127	24
152^nd	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.332	154	2
153^rd	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.328	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	0.318	156	1
158^th	North Charleston	18	5	9	1	5	0.315	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	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	1	0.302	162	1
162^nd	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.301	168	6
163^rd	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.298	155	8
164^th	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.297	151	13
165^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.285	164	1
166^th	Swansea	4	0	1	1	0	0.283	160	6
167^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.283	136	31
168^th	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	170	2
169^th	Eutawville	1	0	0	0	0	0.278	195	26
170^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	0	0.277	179	9
171^st	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.274	172	1
172^nd	Shaw A F B	2	0	0	0	0	0.269	121	51
173^rd	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.267	177	4
174^th	Bishopville	1	1	2	2	1	0.26	174
175^th	Elloree	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	210	35
176^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.253	173	3
177^th	Blackville	1	0	2	0	3	0.245	184	7
178^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.242	167	11
179^th	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.24	152	27
180^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.223	183	3
181^st	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	0	0.216	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	0.206	175	9
185^th	Orangeburg	9	2	3	0	5	0.206	182	3
186^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.202	150	36
187^th	Manning	2	2	2	0	1	0.197	190	3
188^th	Cordova	1	1	1	0	0	0.196	180	8
189^th	Estill	1	1	1	0	1	0.19	202	13
190^th	Williston	1	1	1	0	1	0.189	169	21
191^st	Neeses	1	0	1	0	0	0.182	211	20
192^nd	Rowesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.181	209	17
193^rd	Summerton	2	1	1	0	1	0.173	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	0.162	232	36
197^th	Hardeeville	1	1	0	2	0	0.16	197
198^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.157	205	7
199^th	Lake City	2	2	1	0	1	0.156	219	20
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	0.148	218	16
203^rd	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	165	38
204^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.131	196	8
205^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.128	189	16
206^th	Rembert	2	0	0	1	1	0.127	178	28
207^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	3	0.126	216	9
208^th	North	1	0	1	0	0	0.125	217	9
209^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.123	213	4
210^th	Holly Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.122	222	12
211^th	Greeleyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.122	201	10
212^th	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.119	207	5
213^th	Fairfax	3	1	1	0	0	0.117	223	10
214^th	Trenton	2	0	0	1	0	0.114	194	20
215^th	Monetta	0	1	1	0	0	0.113		(n/a)
216^th	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.113	193	23
217^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.111	203	14
218^th	Gresham	1	0	0	0	0	0.104	129	89
219^th	Denmark	1	1	1	0	0	0.102	186	33
220^th	Vance	1	0	0	0	0	0.084	231	11
221^st	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.082	225	4
222^nd	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.081	224	2
223^rd	Ridgeland	1	1	2	1	3	0.079	228	5
224^th	Marion	2	1	2	0	0	0.078	208	16
225^th	Mayesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.07	200	25
226^th	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.068	204	22
227^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.067	230	3
228^th	Santee	0	0	1	0	0	0.053	212	16
229^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	220	9
230^th	Blenheim	1	0	0	0	0	0.047	234	4
231^st	Mc Cormick	1	1	1	0	0	0.038	226	5
232^nd	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.036	227	5
233^rd	Salters	1	0	0	0	0	0.026	206	27
234^th	Timmonsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.016	233	1

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