South Carolina City Rankings

Rank (of 226)	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	0.991	1
2^nd	Mount Pleasant	9	3	6	0	13	0.961	4	2
3^rd	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.953	2	1
4^th	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.953	3	1
5^th	Indian Land	2	2	0	0	0	0.939	5
6^th	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.936	6
7^th	Fort Mill	10	5	3	0	5	0.911	7
8^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.874	21	13
9^th	Branchville	2	0	2	0	0	0.868	20	11
10^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	4	0.867	9	1
11^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	14	3
12^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.861	12
13^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.855	13
14^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.855	10	4
15^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.853	17	2
16^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.85	8	8
17^th	Taylors	6	2	2	0	3	0.843	15	2
18^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.84	18
19^th	Belton	4	1	0	0	0	0.822	23	4
20^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.815	16	4
21^st	Simpsonville	9	4	4	0	7	0.811	19	2
22^nd	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.794	31	9
23^rd	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.778	34	11
24^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.773	25	1
25^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.77	11	14
26^th	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.769	42	16
27^th	Greer	5	4	4	0	4	0.768	24	3
28^th	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.763	22	6
29^th	Fountain Inn	1	0	1	0	1	0.76	26	3
30^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	44	14
31^st	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	1	0.749	27	4
32^nd	Williamston	2	1	2	0	1	0.746	41	9
33^rd	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.737	96	63
34^th	Pacolet	1	0	0	0	0	0.732	35	1
35^th	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.726	32	3
36^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	50	14
37^th	Lexington	13	5	4	1	8	0.722	43	6
38^th	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	3	0.72	54	16
39^th	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.72	46	7
40^th	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.72	62	22
41^st	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.713	37	4
42^nd	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.712	47	5
43^rd	Charleston	21	4	7	1	27	0.712	53	10
44^th	Myrtle Beach	16	7	8	0	7	0.711	51	7
45^th	Chapin	3	2	4	0	3	0.71	30	15
46^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.706	40	6
47^th	Turbeville	0	0	4	0	0	0.705	69	22
48^th	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	4	0.701	28	20
49^th	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.7	29	20
50^th	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.699	59	9
51^st	Brunson	2	0	0	0	0	0.696	55	4
52^nd	New Zion	3	0	0	0	0	0.69	38	14
53^rd	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	33	20
54^th	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.685	45	9
55^th	North Augusta	4	4	2	0	5	0.673	68	13
56^th	Conway	8	3	6	0	2	0.672	49	7
57^th	Pickens	3	3	1	0	3	0.667	56	1
58^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	1	0.665	39	19
59^th	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.664	66	7
60^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.661	48	12
61^st	Boiling Springs	5	0	1	0	0	0.656	64	3
62^nd	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	60	2
63^rd	Cowpens	1	0	0	0	1	0.644	58	5
64^th	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.644	36	28
65^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	2	0.642	80	15
66^th	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.64	65	1
67^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	3	0.635	103	36
68^th	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.63	74	6
69^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.62	100	31
70^th	Seneca	4	1	1	0	2	0.62	75	5
71^st	Duncan	4	2	1	0	0	0.619	63	8
72^nd	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.617	70	2
73^rd	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.616	89	16
74^th	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.611	84	10
75^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.61	73	2
76^th	Greenville	30	13	15	4	37	0.608	78	2
77^th	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.608	57	20
78^th	Summerville	18	6	3	1	9	0.597	72	6
79^th	Westminster	3	2	2	0	4	0.596	77	2
80^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.595	79	1
81^st	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.594	67	14
82^nd	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.59	52	30
83^rd	Landrum	1	1	0	0	2	0.589	76	7
84^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	2	0.573	91	7
85^th	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.571	90	5
86^th	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.566	83	3
87^th	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	133	46
88^th	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.552	61	27
89^th	Rock Hill	15	5	6	3	11	0.55	87	2
90^th	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	1	0.545	110	20
91^st	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	104	13
92^nd	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.536	85	7
93^rd	Aiken	9	4	4	2	9	0.527	95	2
94^th	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	119	25
95^th	Anderson	12	4	8	0	9	0.514	81	14
96^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.513	92	4
97^th	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	120	23
98^th	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.505	71	27
99^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.503	82	17
100^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.502	105	5
101^st	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	115	14
102^nd	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	4	0.492	94	8
103^rd	Florence	11	4	4	1	10	0.485	93	10
104^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.483	88	16
105^th	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	3	0.475	108	3
106^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	0	0.474	86	20
107^th	Hampton	2	2	0	0	0	0.472		(n/a)
108^th	West Columbia	7	4	4	1	6	0.466	102	6
109^th	Spartanburg	20	4	6	2	13	0.463	109
110^th	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.46	132	22
111^th	Bamberg	2	2	2	0	0	0.46	126	15
112^th	Clinton	2	1	1	1	0	0.458	99	13
113^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.457	98	15
114^th	York	4	2	2	0	1	0.456	116	2
115^th	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.447	113	2
116^th	Lancaster	10	3	4	0	2	0.445	107	9
117^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	0	0	0.437	121	4
118^th	Camden	5	1	2	0	4	0.436	125	7
119^th	Hartsville	5	1	2	1	6	0.435	106	13
120^th	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.427	123	3
121^st	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.421	117	4
122^nd	Graniteville	2	1	1	0	2	0.417	134	12
123^rd	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.416	101	22
124^th	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.403	111	13
125^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.4	130	5
126^th	Darlington	4	1	3	0	2	0.4	124	2
127^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.394	149	22
128^th	Mc Cormick	1	1	2	0	0	0.392	177	49
129^th	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.386	144	15
130^th	Saint George	1	0	0	0	1	0.381	118	12
131^st	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.38	151	20
132^nd	Hardeeville	1	0	1	2	0	0.373	146	14
133^rd	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.372	135	2
134^th	North	2	0	2	0	0	0.368	114	20
135^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.36	97	38
136^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	1	0	2	0.36	137	1
137^th	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.36	128	9
138^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.35	129	9
139^th	North Charleston	18	5	11	0	10	0.347	139
140^th	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.336	179	39
141^st	Gaffney	8	2	2	1	1	0.334	138	3
142^nd	Greeleyville	1	1	0	0	0	0.331	143	1
143^rd	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.326	156	13
144^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	1	0.324	131	13
145^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.318	145
146^th	Denmark	2	2	2	0	0	0.309	186	40
147^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	1	0.307	154	7
148^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.303	169	21
149^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.302	147	2
150^th	Columbia	42	12	22	6	34	0.297	150
151^st	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.296	122	29
152^nd	Shaw Afb	2	0	0	0	0	0.295	152
153^rd	Williston	3	3	3	0	2	0.292		(n/a)
154^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.29	136	18
155^th	Saluda	2	1	1	0	0	0.285	165	10
156^th	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.279	164	8
157^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.276	167	10
158^th	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.273	148	10
159^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.269	112	47
160^th	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.268	219	59
161^st	Varnville	2	2	2	0	0	0.265	142	19
162^nd	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.264	188	26
163^rd	Hollywood	0	1	1	0	0	0.252	158	5
164^th	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	183	19
165^th	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.245		(n/a)
166^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.237	198	32
167^th	Clio	1	0	0	0	0	0.236	205	38
168^th	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.235	140	28
169^th	Summerton	5	3	3	0	2	0.235	166	3
170^th	Swansea	4	0	1	0	0	0.232	162	8
171^st	Sumter	12	5	4	0	9	0.227	180	9
172^nd	Cayce	1	1	2	0	0	0.224	189	17
173^rd	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.222	161	12
174^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	1	0.222	176	2
175^th	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.219	190	15
176^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	3	0.218	159	17
177^th	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	3	0.218	163	14
178^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.217	153	25
179^th	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.217	214	35
180^th	Manning	4	3	4	0	1	0.217	160	20
181^st	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.216	191	10
182^nd	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	1	0.215	173	9
183^rd	Elloree	2	0	0	0	0	0.212	181	2
184^th	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.209	155	29
185^th	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.204	178	7
186^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	4	0.2	141	45
187^th	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.2	184	3
188^th	Laurens	3	2	1	1	0	0.188	193	5
189^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.186	175	14
190^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.186	127	63
191^st	Fairfax	2	1	2	0	0	0.184	174	17
192^nd	Lake City	3	1	2	0	1	0.18	185	7
193^rd	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.175	157	36
194^th	Orangeburg	16	3	8	0	7	0.174	187	7
195^th	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.168	170	25
196^th	Monetta	0	0	1	0	0	0.163	172	24
197^th	Trenton	2	0	1	0	0	0.159	171	26
198^th	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.154	199	1
199^th	Bishopville	1	1	2	1	1	0.153	209	10
200^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.151	207	7
201^st	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.148	203	2
202^nd	Andrews	1	1	1	0	1	0.141	200	2
203^rd	Cordova	2	1	2	0	0	0.137	195	8
204^th	Estill	2	2	1	0	1	0.132	168	36
205^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.132	194	11
206^th	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.127	212	6
207^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.124	182	25
208^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.12	202	6
209^th	Blackville	3	0	5	0	3	0.111		(n/a)
210^th	Neeses	2	0	2	0	0	0.095	206	4
211^th	Ridgeland	2	0	3	1	5	0.092	208	3
212^th	Dillon	2	1	2	0	1	0.091	201	11
213^th	N Charleston	2	0	2	0	0	0.091	210	3
214^th	Holly Hill	2	1	0	0	1	0.091		(n/a)
215^th	Walterboro	5	1	2	0	2	0.085	204	11
216^th	Marion	3	1	1	0	1	0.084	196	20
217^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.076	217
218^th	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.071	216	2
219^th	Santee	0	1	4	0	0	0.07	211	8
220^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.056	215	5
221^st	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.053	218	3
222^nd	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	197	25
223^rd	Timmonsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.05	192	31
224^th	Rowesville	2	0	2	0	0	0.047	213	11
225^th	Blenheim	0	1	0	0	0	0.023	220	5
226^th	Rembert	1	0	1	0	1	0.012	222	4

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