Best Cities in South Carolina for Schools

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Rank (of 225)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.992	1
2^nd	Mount Pleasant	9	3	6	0	13	0.962	4	2
3^rd	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.954	2	1
4^th	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	3	1
5^th	Indian Land	2	2	0	0	0	0.94	5
6^th	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.937	6
7^th	Fort Mill	9	5	3	0	5	0.914	7
8^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.874	20	12
9^th	Branchville	2	0	2	0	0	0.869	19	10
10^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	4	0.865	10
11^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.863	9	2
12^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.861	13	1
13^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.856	14	1
14^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.855	17	3
15^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.854	11	4
16^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.853	8	8
17^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.841	18	1
18^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.834	15	3
19^th	Belton	4	1	0	0	0	0.823	22	3
20^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.815	16	4
21^st	Simpsonville	10	4	4	0	7	0.799	23	2
22^nd	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.794	30	8
23^rd	Chapin	3	2	4	0	3	0.783	28	5
24^th	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.78	33	9
25^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.773	25
26^th	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.77	42	16
27^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.769	12	15
28^th	Greer	5	4	4	0	4	0.769	24	4
29^th	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.763	21	8
30^th	Fountain Inn	1	0	1	0	1	0.759	37	7
31^st	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	44	13
32^nd	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	1	0.749	26	6
33^rd	Williamston	2	1	2	0	1	0.747	41	8
34^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.735	95	61
35^th	Pacolet	1	0	0	0	0	0.729	33	2
36^th	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.727	31	5
37^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	50	13
38^th	Lexington	13	5	4	1	8	0.722	43	5
39^th	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	3	0.72	54	15
40^th	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.719	47	7
41^st	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.719	63	22
42^nd	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.713	36	6
43^rd	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.713	46	3
44^th	Charleston	21	4	7	1	27	0.712	53	9
45^th	Myrtle Beach	14	7	8	0	7	0.708	49	4
46^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.707	40	6
47^th	Turbeville	0	0	4	0	0	0.705	71	24
48^th	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.701	29	19
49^th	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	4	0.701	27	22
50^th	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.699	59	9
51^st	New Zion	3	0	0	0	0	0.692	38	13
52^nd	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	32	20
53^rd	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.685	45	8
54^th	North Augusta	4	4	2	0	5	0.674	68	14
55^th	Conway	7	3	6	0	2	0.673	52	3
56^th	Pickens	3	3	1	0	3	0.667	56
57^th	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.666	66	9
58^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	1	0.666	39	19
59^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	48	11
60^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.65	60
61^st	Cowpens	1	0	0	0	1	0.647	57	4
62^nd	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.646	35	27
63^rd	Boiling Springs	4	0	1	0	0	0.643	61	2
64^th	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.641	65	1
65^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	2	0.641	80	15
66^th	Brunson	2	0	0	0	0	0.635	55	11
67^th	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.631	73	6
68^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.621	100	32
69^th	Duncan	4	2	1	1	0	0.62	64	5
70^th	Seneca	4	1	1	0	2	0.62	75	5
71^st	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.618	69	2
72^nd	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.615	90	18
73^rd	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.611	85	12
74^th	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.609	58	16
75^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.608	74	1
76^th	Greenville	29	13	15	4	37	0.597	78	2
77^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	79	2
78^th	Westminster	3	2	2	0	4	0.595	77	1
79^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.594	67	12
80^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	51	29
81^st	Summerville	18	6	3	1	9	0.592	72	9
82^nd	Landrum	1	1	0	0	2	0.591	76	6
83^rd	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	3	0.587	104	21
84^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	2	0.572	92	8
85^th	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.571	84	1
86^th	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.566	83	3
87^th	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	134	47
88^th	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.552	62	26
89^th	Rock Hill	15	5	6	3	11	0.549	88	1
90^th	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	1	0.545	111	21
91^st	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.542	103	12
92^nd	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.536	86	6
93^rd	Aiken	9	4	4	2	9	0.527	96	3
94^th	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.524	120	26
95^th	Anderson	12	4	8	0	9	0.513	81	14
96^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.512	93	3
97^th	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	121	24
98^th	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.505	70	28
99^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	105	6
100^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.503	82	18
101^st	Florence	11	4	4	1	10	0.5	91	10
102^nd	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	114	12
103^rd	Beaufort	8	3	3	2	4	0.491	94	9
104^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.482	89	15
105^th	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	3	0.475	110	5
106^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	0	0.473	87	19
107^th	Hollywood	0	0	1	0	0	0.465	204	97
108^th	West Columbia	7	4	5	1	6	0.464	102	6
109^th	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.464	133	24
110^th	Lancaster	9	3	4	0	2	0.463	108	2
111^th	Hampton	2	2	0	0	0	0.461	109	2
112^th	Bamberg	2	2	2	0	0	0.458	127	15
113^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.457	99	14
114^th	Clinton	2	1	1	1	0	0.456	97	17
115^th	Spartanburg	20	4	5	3	13	0.456	107	8
116^th	York	4	2	2	0	1	0.455	117	1
117^th	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.447	115	2
118^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	0	0	0.436	122	4
119^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	6	0.434	106	13
120^th	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.425	123	3
121^st	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.42	118	3
122^nd	Graniteville	2	1	1	0	2	0.416	135	13
123^rd	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.414	101	22
124^th	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.401	113	11
125^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.401	131	6
126^th	Mc Cormick	1	1	2	0	0	0.391	177	51
127^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.39	152	25
128^th	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.383	144	16
129^th	Darlington	4	1	3	0	2	0.382	125	4
130^th	Camden	4	1	2	0	4	0.381	126	4
131^st	Saint George	1	0	0	0	1	0.379	119	12
132^nd	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.378	151	19
133^rd	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.372	136	3
134^th	Hardeeville	1	0	1	2	0	0.372	147	13
135^th	North	2	0	2	0	0	0.364	116	19
136^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	1	0	2	0.359	138	2
137^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.357	98	39
138^th	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.357	130	8
139^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.349	129	10
140^th	North Charleston	18	5	11	0	10	0.347	140
141^st	Gaffney	8	2	2	1	1	0.333	139	2
142^nd	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.332	179	37
143^rd	Greeleyville	1	1	0	0	0	0.328	145	2
144^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	1	0.323	132	12
145^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.323	158	13
146^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.315	146
147^th	Denmark	2	2	2	0	0	0.306	187	40
148^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	1	0.302	154	6
149^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.301	171	22
150^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.3	148	2
151^st	Columbia	42	12	21	7	34	0.299	150	1
152^nd	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.293	124	28
153^rd	Shaw Afb	2	0	0	0	0	0.291	153
154^th	Williston	3	3	3	0	2	0.29		(n/a)
155^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.286	137	18
156^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.283	165	9
157^th	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.277	164	7
158^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	168	10
159^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.267	112	47
160^th	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.266	149	11
161^st	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.265	223	62
162^nd	Varnville	2	2	2	0	0	0.262	143	19
163^rd	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.261	188	25
164^th	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.245	183	19
165^th	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.241		(n/a)
166^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.235	200	34
167^th	Clio	1	0	0	0	0	0.233	208	41
168^th	Summerton	5	3	3	0	2	0.232	166	2
169^th	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.231	141	28
170^th	Swansea	4	0	1	1	0	0.23	163	7
171^st	Sumter	12	5	4	0	9	0.225	180	9
172^nd	Cayce	1	1	1	0	0	0.222	189	17
173^rd	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	1	0.221	176	3
174^th	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.22	161	13
175^th	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	3	0.218	162	13
176^th	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.217	191	15
177^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.215	155	22
178^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	3	0.215	159	19
179^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.214	192	13
180^th	Manning	4	3	4	0	1	0.214	160	20
181^st	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.212	218	37
182^nd	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	1	0.212	173	9
183^rd	Elloree	2	0	0	0	0	0.21	181	2
184^th	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.205	156	28
185^th	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.202	178	7
186^th	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.197	182	4
187^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	4	0.197	142	45
188^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.186	175	13
189^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.186	128	61
190^th	Orangeburg	16	4	8	0	7	0.185	186	4
191^st	Fairfax	2	1	2	0	0	0.181	174	17
192^nd	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.176	157	35
193^rd	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.167	170	23
194^th	Lake City	2	1	2	0	1	0.166	185	9
195^th	Trenton	2	0	1	0	0	0.159	169	26
196^th	Monetta	0	0	1	0	0	0.158	172	24
197^th	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.154	201	4
198^th	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.153	194	4
199^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.151	210	11
200^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.146	205	5
201^st	Andrews	1	1	1	0	1	0.139	202	1
202^nd	Cordova	2	1	2	0	0	0.135	198	4
203^rd	Estill	2	2	1	0	1	0.132	167	36
204^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.129	195	9
205^th	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.126	215	10
206^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.124	184	22
207^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.12	206	1
208^th	Blackville	3	0	5	0	3	0.108		(n/a)
209^th	Neeses	2	0	2	0	0	0.092	209
210^th	Dillon	2	1	2	0	1	0.089	203	7
211^th	Ridgeland	2	0	3	1	5	0.089	211
212^th	N Charleston	2	0	2	0	0	0.088	214	2
213^th	Bishopville	1	1	2	1	1	0.083	212	1
214^th	Marion	3	1	1	0	1	0.082	197	17
215^th	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.082	207	8
216^th	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.072	221	5
217^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.072	219	2
218^th	Santee	0	1	4	0	0	0.064	216	2
219^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.057	219
220^th	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.052	199	21
221^st	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.052	222	1
222^nd	Timmonsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.051	193	29
223^rd	Rowesville	2	0	2	0	0	0.045	217	6
224^th	Blenheim	0	1	0	0	0	0.021	224
225^th	Rembert	2	0	1	0	1	0.012	226	1

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