South Carolina City Rankings

Updated Tuesday, September 4, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 234)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.982	2	1
2^nd	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.981	4	2
3^rd	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.966	1	2
4^th	Mount Pleasant	8	3	1	0	9	0.946	3	1
5^th	Chapin	2	2	3	0	0	0.921	5
6^th	Fort Mill	7	3	2	0	2	0.915	6
7^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.895	18	11
8^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.892	17	9
9^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.891	11	2
10^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	29	19
11^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.88	26	15
12^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.873	10	2
13^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.86	14	1
14^th	Indian Land	2	1	1	0	0	0.856	24	10
15^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	1	0.852	7	8
16^th	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.843	20	4
17^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.841	19	2
18^th	Campobello	2	0	0	0	0	0.83	16	2
19^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	1	0.824	15	4
20^th	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.824	32	12
21^st	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.818	22	1
22^nd	Pawleys Island	3	1	1	0	3	0.817	12	10
23^rd	Lexington	12	4	4	0	3	0.809	31	8
24^th	Irmo	6	1	1	0	2	0.807	21	3
25^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.806	25
26^th	Hanahan	1	1	1	0	1	0.805	9	17
27^th	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.805	27
28^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	40	12
29^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.793	8	21
30^th	Simpsonville	9	4	2	0	4	0.79	30
31^st	Myrtle Beach	14	4	6	0	4	0.789	34	3
32^nd	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.783	23	9
33^rd	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.78	62	29
34^th	Summerville	15	5	3	0	5	0.773	28	6
35^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.769	35
36^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	0	0.767	39	3
37^th	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	1	0.764	43	6
38^th	Greer	5	3	4	0	2	0.753	36	2
39^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.751	33	6
40^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.742	13	27
41^st	Landrum	1	1	1	0	0	0.738	47	6
42^nd	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	56	14
43^rd	Blythewood	7	1	2	0	0	0.732	42	1
44^th	Duncan	2	3	1	1	0	0.719	54	10
45^th	Boiling Springs	3	1	1	1	0	0.707	65	20
46^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.702	59	13
47^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.69	44	3
48^th	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.686	41	7
49^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	49
50^th	Inman	4	2	2	0	0	0.666	37	13
51^st	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.663	72	21
52^nd	Green Sea	1	0	0	1	0	0.662	52
53^rd	Easley	8	2	1	0	1	0.662	73	20
54^th	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.661	64	10
55^th	North Augusta	4	3	2	0	4	0.658	58	3
56^th	Goose Creek	8	3	2	0	1	0.656	46	10
57^th	Conway	7	3	3	0	1	0.652	68	11
58^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.646	53	5
59^th	Pickens	5	2	1	0	2	0.644	60	1
60^th	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.641	57	3
61^st	Belton	3	1	0	0	1	0.632	51	10
62^nd	Branchville	1	0	0	1	0	0.63	99	37
63^rd	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.623	50	13
64^th	Greenville	28	12	13	5	25	0.621	82	18
65^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.62	61	4
66^th	Cowpens	1	1	0	0	1	0.619	67	1
67^th	Starr	2	1	0	0	0	0.613	38	29
68^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.606	69	1
69^th	Brunson	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	63	6
70^th	Anderson	13	5	5	0	6	0.603	86	16
71^st	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.601	131	60
72^nd	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.594	74	2
73^rd	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.594	83	10
74^th	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	0	0	0.593	111	37
75^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	2	0.59	89	14
76^th	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.588	102	26
77^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.583	76	1
78^th	Seneca	4	1	2	0	1	0.583	75	3
79^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.582	77	2
80^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	84	4
81^st	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	1	0.578	80	1
82^nd	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.566	66	16
83^rd	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	48	35
84^th	New Zion	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	45	39
85^th	Rock Hill	20	5	4	1	5	0.544	85
86^th	West Columbia	9	4	2	0	4	0.539	90	4
87^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.537	70	17
88^th	Charleston	21	5	4	3	20	0.537	71	17
89^th	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.535	55	34
90^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.534	104	14
91^st	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.533	98	7
92^nd	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.53	91	1
93^rd	Whitmire	1	0	0	1	0	0.526	96	3
94^th	Moncks Corner	4	2	2	0	2	0.514	88	6
95^th	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.511	78	17
96^th	Pacolet	1	1	0	0	0	0.509	101	5
97^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.507	87	10
98^th	Beaufort	8	2	2	3	2	0.506	93	5
99^th	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.505	114	15
100^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.498	100
101^st	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.498	134	33
102^nd	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.495	110	8
103^rd	York	4	2	2	0	1	0.494	118	15
104^th	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.492	81	23
105^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.492	92	13
106^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.486	127	21
107^th	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.479	123	16
108^th	Pineville	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	160	52
109^th	Lockhart	1	0	0	0	0	0.474	140	31
110^th	Cayce	2	1	1	0	0	0.471	182	72
111^th	Aiken	10	4	4	0	9	0.467	119	8
112^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.466	130	18
113^th	Lake View	1	0	0	1	0	0.454	125	12
114^th	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.449	151	37
115^th	Lamar	2	1	1	0	1	0.445	133	18
116^th	Florence	15	4	4	1	8	0.443	108	8
117^th	Camden	4	1	2	0	3	0.436	109	8
118^th	Westminster	3	2	1	0	3	0.435	103	15
119^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.43	143	24
120^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	1	0	0.428	124	4
121^st	Shaw A F B	2	0	0	0	0	0.426	147	26
122^nd	Blair	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	165	43
123^rd	Calhoun Falls	1	0	0	1	0	0.423	79	44
124^th	Clinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.422	106	18
125^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	5	0.418	115	10
126^th	Bamberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.412	105	21
127^th	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.41	122	5
128^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	1	1	0	0.408	129	1
129^th	Gresham	1	0	0	0	0	0.407	156	27
130^th	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.402	112	18
131^st	Columbia	43	11	18	8	27	0.396	139	8
132^nd	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	94	38
133^rd	Darlington	5	1	3	0	2	0.392	137	4
134^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	164	30
135^th	Spartanburg	20	3	5	3	11	0.388	141	6
136^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.385	149	13
137^th	Graniteville	1	1	1	0	0	0.38	145	8
138^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.377	116	22
139^th	Lancaster	8	3	2	0	1	0.367	142	3
140^th	Jonesville	1	1	0	0	0	0.364	113	27
141^st	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.36	128	13
142^nd	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	126	16
143^rd	Gaffney	10	3	2	0	1	0.357	154	11
144^th	North Charleston	18	5	5	3	3	0.35	144
145^th	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.349	121	24
146^th	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.349	107	39
147^th	Johnston	1	1	2	0	0	0.347	136	11
148^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	2	0.346	138	10
149^th	Varnville	1	1	1	0	0	0.345	158	9
150^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.34	172	22
151^st	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.328	155	4
152^nd	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.328	146	6
153^rd	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.328	150	3
154^th	Wagener	1	0	1	0	0	0.321	189	35
155^th	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.319	117	38
156^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	0	1	0.309	162	6
157^th	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.307	163	6
158^th	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.302	171	13
159^th	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.296	148	11
160^th	Swansea	4	0	1	1	0	0.296	178	18
161^st	Clio	1	1	0	0	0	0.28	190	29
162^nd	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	1	0.274	180	18
163^rd	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.269	97	66
164^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.269	197	33
165^th	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	208	43
166^th	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	0	0.268	168	2
167^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.266	176	9
168^th	Barnwell	2	1	1	0	0	0.264	167	1
169^th	Williston	1	1	1	0	1	0.259	153	16
170^th	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.259	157	13
171^st	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	95	76
172^nd	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.25	159	13
173^rd	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.247	152	21
174^th	Bishopville	2	1	3	0	1	0.244	213	39
175^th	Sumter	11	6	4	0	8	0.242	175
176^th	Summerton	2	1	1	0	1	0.24	173	3
177^th	Great Falls	1	0	0	1	0	0.233	132	45
178^th	Rembert	2	0	1	0	1	0.229	135	43
179^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	0	0.228	181	2
180^th	Cordova	1	0	1	0	0	0.227	177	3
181^st	Hampton	2	0	0	0	0	0.22	120	61
182^nd	Orangeburg	9	2	3	1	5	0.216	191	9
183^rd	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.21	183
184^th	Blackville	1	1	2	0	3	0.209	215	31
185^th	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.204	187	2
186^th	Denmark	1	1	1	0	0	0.204	200	14
187^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.195	204	17
188^th	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.187	166	22
189^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.176	223	34
190^th	Manning	3	1	2	0	1	0.173	206	16
191^st	Andrews	1	1	1	0	0	0.173	194	3
192^nd	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	1	0.171	193	1
193^rd	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.169	169	24
194^th	Trenton	1	0	1	0	0	0.162	198	4
195^th	Eutawville	1	0	0	0	0	0.157	185	10
196^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.155	221	25
197^th	Hardeeville	1	1	0	1	0	0.153	212	15
198^th	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.151	188	10
199^th	Chester	4	1	2	0	2	0.15	195	4
200^th	Mayesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.149	230	30
201^st	Greeleyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.149	205	4
202^nd	Estill	1	1	1	0	1	0.146	220	18
203^rd	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.145	211	8
204^th	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.138	209	5
205^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.13	217	12
206^th	Salters	1	0	0	0	0	0.116	229	23
207^th	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.115	231	24
208^th	Marion	2	1	1	1	0	0.114	186	22
209^th	Rowesville	1	0	0	1	0	0.109	170	39
210^th	Elloree	1	0	0	0	0	0.107	207	3
211^th	Neeses	1	0	0	1	0	0.102	214	3
212^th	Santee	0	0	1	0	0	0.102	174	38
213^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.098	202	11
214^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.096	179	35
215^th	Bethune	1	0	0	0	0	0.091	161	54
216^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	1	0.091	225	9
217^th	North	1	0	0	1	0	0.087	203	14
218^th	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.077	196	22
219^th	Lake City	2	2	1	0	0	0.076	201	18
220^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	0	0.074	226	6
221^st	Wedgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.069	232	11
222^nd	Holly Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.068	210	12
223^rd	Fairfax	3	1	1	0	0	0.068	233	10
224^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.067	199	25
225^th	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.066	218	7
226^th	Mc Cormick	1	1	1	1	1	0.061	219	7
227^th	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.05	216	11
228^th	Ridgeland	1	0	3	0	4	0.043	228
229^th	Society Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.04	192	37
230^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.04	224	6
231^st	Vance	1	0	0	0	0	0.03	236	5
232^nd	Yemassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.026	234	2
233^rd	Timmonsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.02	235	2
234^th	Blenheim	1	0	0	0	0	0.014	237	3

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