South Carolina City Rankings

Updated Thursday, September 2, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 217)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.994	3	2
2^nd	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.981	1	1
3^rd	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.975	2	1
4^th	Mount Pleasant	9	3	4	1	10	0.969	4
5^th	Fort Mill	9	4	3	0	3	0.92	5
6^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.916	7	1
7^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.902	12	5
8^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.87	10	2
9^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.856	17	8
10^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.855	6	4
11^th	Indian Land	2	1	1	0	0	0.854	11
12^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.85	31	19
13^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.822	13
14^th	Simpsonville	9	4	3	0	6	0.806	18	4
15^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.805	15
16^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.801	80	64
17^th	Myrtle Beach	14	7	6	0	6	0.787	30	13
18^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.783	8	10
19^th	Chapin	2	2	4	0	3	0.781	9	10
20^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.776	27	7
21^st	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.77	14	7
22^nd	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	3	0.768	32	10
23^rd	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.767	16	7
24^th	Boiling Springs	3	1	1	0	0	0.766	49	25
25^th	Belton	4	1	0	0	0	0.76	50	25
26^th	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.76	26
27^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	0	0.754	38	11
28^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	34	6
29^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	2	0.748	40	11
30^th	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	1	0.744	19	11
31^st	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	3	0.744	42	11
32^nd	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	25	7
33^rd	Greer	5	3	4	0	3	0.727	33
34^th	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.725	51	17
35^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.718	24	11
36^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.718	29	7
37^th	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	20	17
38^th	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.716	41	3
39^th	Lexington	12	5	4	0	6	0.715	21	18
40^th	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.714	52	12
41^st	Cowpens	1	1	0	0	1	0.703	84	43
42^nd	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	85	43
43^rd	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	35	8
44^th	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.691	22	22
45^th	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.691	46	1
46^th	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.689	47	1
47^th	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.687	53	6
48^th	Summerville	15	5	3	0	8	0.684	39	9
49^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.682	64	15
50^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.68	59	9
51^st	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.678	63	12
52^nd	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	37	15
53^rd	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.66	57	4
54^th	Brunson	1	0	0	0	0	0.659	90	36
55^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.659	45	10
56^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.658	44	12
57^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.654	60	3
58^th	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	0	1	0.654	43	15
59^th	Landrum	1	1	0	0	1	0.654	55	4
60^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.651	88	28
61^st	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.649	23	38
62^nd	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.638	71	9
63^rd	Anderson	14	4	5	0	9	0.635	73	10
64^th	Duncan	2	3	1	1	0	0.631	54	10
65^th	Charleston	22	3	6	1	23	0.625	82	17
66^th	North Augusta	4	3	2	0	4	0.617	48	18
67^th	Seneca	4	1	1	0	2	0.613	76	9
68^th	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.606	103	35
69^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	94	25
70^th	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.602	69	1
71^st	Pickens	3	2	1	0	2	0.6	58	13
72^nd	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.596	118	46
73^rd	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.595	61	12
74^th	Greenville	28	12	14	5	30	0.593	70	4
75^th	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	1	0.587	106	31
76^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	1	0.583	78	2
77^th	New Zion	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	65	12
78^th	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.573	62	16
79^th	Conway	7	3	4	1	1	0.563	79
80^th	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	126	46
81^st	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	102	21
82^nd	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	122	40
83^rd	Pacolet	1	1	0	0	0	0.554	83
84^th	West Columbia	7	4	4	1	5	0.552	95	11
85^th	Rock Hill	19	5	5	2	7	0.55	96	11
86^th	Manning	2	2	2	0	1	0.545	187	101
87^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.539	89	2
88^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.533	68	20
89^th	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.532	93	4
90^th	Turbeville	0	0	2	0	0	0.532	67	23
91^st	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.531	139	48
92^nd	Westminster	3	2	2	0	3	0.53	116	24
93^rd	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	75	18
94^th	Camden	5	1	2	0	4	0.525	117	23
95^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.522	99	4
96^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.511	146	50
97^th	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	3	0.508	92	5
98^th	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	3	0.504	105	7
99^th	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	77	22
100^th	Aiken	9	5	4	1	8	0.492	91	9
101^st	Spartanburg	19	3	5	2	12	0.479	134	33
102^nd	Clinton	5	1	1	0	0	0.479	132	30
103^rd	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.465	138	35
104^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.465	28	76
105^th	York	4	2	2	0	1	0.463	97	8
106^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	0	0	0.463	110	4
107^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.462	120	13
108^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.461	56	52
109^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	72	37
110^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.452	113	3
111^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.45	111
112^th	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.446	123	11
113^th	Florence	15	4	4	0	8	0.443	104	9
114^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.438	108	6
115^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	3	0.432	148	33
116^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	145	29
117^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	2	0	2	0.417	98	19
118^th	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.415	74	44
119^th	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.41	86	33
120^th	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.409	133	13
121^st	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.407	186	65
122^nd	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.401	157	35
123^rd	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.399	153	30
124^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	5	0.399	119	5
125^th	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.394	151	26
126^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	0	0.393	114	12
127^th	Darlington	4	1	3	0	2	0.384	125	2
128^th	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.384	87	41
129^th	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.375	121	8
130^th	Columbia	44	12	22	4	29	0.374	129	1
131^st	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.373	81	50
132^nd	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.372	107	25
133^rd	Hampton	1	1	0	0	0	0.37	160	27
134^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.357	115	19
135^th	Bamberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.356	100	35
136^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.355	131	5
137^th	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.355	173	36
138^th	Lancaster	9	3	3	0	1	0.353	128	10
139^th	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.35	101	38
140^th	Gaffney	11	2	2	0	1	0.343	144	4
141^st	Graniteville	2	1	1	0	0	0.341	127	14
142^nd	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.33	130	12
143^rd	Effingham	2	0	0	0	1	0.326	170	27
144^th	North Charleston	16	5	10	0	7	0.313	158	14
145^th	Cayce	1	1	2	0	0	0.305	147	2
146^th	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.303	162	16
147^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.299	140	7
148^th	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.294	155	7
149^th	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.288	112	37
150^th	Swansea	4	0	1	1	0	0.286	166	16
151^st	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.286	178	27
152^nd	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.28	143	9
153^rd	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	203	50
154^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.27	201	47
155^th	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	154	1
156^th	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.259	163	7
157^th	Williston	1	1	1	0	1	0.258	190	33
158^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.252	204	46
159^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.249	109	50
160^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.249	176	16
161^st	Varnville	1	1	1	0	0	0.242	142	19
162^nd	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.242	195	33
163^rd	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.237	135	28
164^th	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.236	179	15
165^th	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	0	0.223	181	16
166^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.219	171	5
167^th	Santee	0	0	2	0	0	0.203	228	61
168^th	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	3	0.198	161	7
169^th	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.197	152	17
170^th	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.196		(n/a)
171^st	Summerton	2	1	1	0	1	0.195	193	22
172^nd	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.195	202	30
173^rd	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.189	168	5
174^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.188	167	7
175^th	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.186	221	46
176^th	Sumter	11	5	4	0	8	0.184	184	8
177^th	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.179	182	5
178^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.177	149	29
179^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.176	180	1
180^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.174	227	47
180^th	Shaw A F B	2	0	0	0	0	0.174	172	8
182^nd	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.172	194	12
183^rd	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.172	164	19
184^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	205	21
185^th	Estill	1	1	1	0	1	0.165	189	4
186^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.163	165	21
187^th	Hardeeville	1	1	0	2	0	0.161	197	10
188^th	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.16	212	24
189^th	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.158	200	11
190^th	Society Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.154		(n/a)
191^st	Mc Cormick	1	1	2	0	0	0.146	231	40
192^nd	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.142	137	55
193^rd	Blackville	1	0	2	0	3	0.14	177	16
194^th	Greeleyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.14	211	17
195^th	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.139	216	21
196^th	Andrews	1	1	1	0	1	0.139	183	13
197^th	Monetta	0	1	1	0	0	0.129	215	18
198^th	Denmark	1	1	1	0	0	0.128	219	21
199^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.125	217	18
200^th	Yemassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.106	196	4
201^st	Ridgeland	1	0	4	0	5	0.101	223	22
202^nd	Lake City	2	1	1	1	1	0.099	199	3
203^rd	Fairfax	3	1	2	0	0	0.089	213	10
204^th	Clio	1	0	0	0	0	0.082	136	68
205^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.082	209	4
206^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.077	124	82
207^th	Marion	3	1	1	0	0	0.071	224	17
208^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.059	222	14
209^th	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	226	17
210^th	Bishopville	1	1	3	1	1	0.049	174	36
211^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	4	0.045	207	4
212^th	Hollywood	0	0	1	0	0	0.045	141	71
213^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	0	0.032	229	16
214^th	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.014	232	18
215^th	Timmonsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.014	234	19
216^th	Blenheim	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	230	14
217^th	Wadmalaw Island	1	0	0	0	0	0		(n/a)

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