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	0.993	3	2
2^nd	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.98	1	1
3^rd	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.975	2	1
4^th	Mount Pleasant	9	3	4	0	10	0.969	4
5^th	Fort Mill	9	4	3	0	2	0.92	5
6^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.92	7	1
7^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.903	12	5
8^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.871	10	2
9^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.857	6	3
10^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.856	17	7
11^th	Indian Land	2	1	1	0	0	0.854	11
12^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.853	31	19
13^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.823	13
14^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.805	15	1
15^th	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.802	80	65
16^th	Simpsonville	9	4	3	0	6	0.794	18	2
17^th	Myrtle Beach	14	7	6	0	5	0.788	30	13
18^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.784	8	10
19^th	Chapin	2	2	4	0	2	0.782	9	10
20^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.776	27	7
21^st	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.772	14	7
22^nd	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	3	0.769	32	10
23^rd	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.768	16	7
24^th	Boiling Springs	3	1	1	0	0	0.767	49	25
25^th	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.76	26	1
26^th	Belton	4	1	0	0	0	0.76	50	24
27^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	0	0.755	38	11
28^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	34	6
29^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	1	0.748	40	11
30^th	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.745	19	11
31^st	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	2	0.743	42	11
32^nd	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	25	7
33^rd	Greer	5	3	4	0	3	0.728	33
34^th	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.726	51	17
35^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.718	24	11
36^th	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.717	29	7
37^th	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	20	17
38^th	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.717	41	3
39^th	Lexington	12	5	4	0	4	0.716	21	18
40^th	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.715	52	12
41^st	Cowpens	1	1	0	0	0	0.703	84	43
42^nd	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	85	43
43^rd	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.694	35	8
44^th	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.692	22	22
45^th	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.692	46	1
46^th	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.69	47	1
47^th	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.687	53	6
48^th	Summerville	15	5	3	0	8	0.685	39	9
49^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.683	64	15
50^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.681	59	9
51^st	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.679	63	12
52^nd	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.668	37	15
53^rd	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	4	0.659	57	4
54^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.658	45	9
55^th	Brunson	1	0	0	0	0	0.658	90	35
56^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.656	44	12
57^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.655	60	3
58^th	Landrum	1	1	0	0	0	0.654	55	3
59^th	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	0	0	0.653	43	16
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	0.639	71	9
63^rd	Anderson	12	4	5	0	8	0.635	73	10
64^th	Duncan	2	3	1	0	0	0.631	54	10
65^th	Charleston	22	3	6	1	20	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	0.614	76	9
68^th	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.607	103	35
69^th	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	94	25
70^th	Pickens	3	2	1	0	2	0.601	58	12
71^st	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.601	69	2
72^nd	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.598	118	46
73^rd	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.595	61	12
74^th	Greenville	27	12	14	5	25	0.593	70	4
75^th	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	1	0.588	106	31
76^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	1	0.583	78	2
77^th	New Zion	1	0	0	0	0	0.578	65	12
78^th	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	62	16
79^th	Conway	7	3	4	0	1	0.564	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	3	0.553	95	11
85^th	Rock Hill	18	5	5	2	7	0.55	96	11
86^th	Manning	2	2	2	0	1	0.544	187	101
87^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.54	89	2
88^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.533	68	20
89^th	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.533	93	4
90^th	Turbeville	0	0	2	0	0	0.533	67	23
91^st	Westminster	3	2	2	0	2	0.53	116	25
92^nd	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	139	47
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	0.512	146	50
97^th	Aiken	9	5	4	1	6	0.509	91	6
98^th	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	2	0.508	92	6
99^th	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	3	0.505	105	6
100^th	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	77	23
101^st	Lamar	1	1	1	0	0	0.491	114	13
102^nd	Spartanburg	18	3	5	2	11	0.48	134	32
103^rd	Clinton	4	1	1	0	0	0.479	132	29
104^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.467	138	34
105^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	0	0	0.464	110	5
106^th	York	4	2	2	0	0	0.464	97	9
107^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.463	28	79
108^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.462	120	12
109^th	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.46	56	53
110^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	72	38
111^th	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.453	113	2
112^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.451	111	1
113^th	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.446	123	10
114^th	Florence	13	4	4	0	8	0.444	104	10
115^th	Darlington	4	1	3	0	2	0.439	125	10
116^th	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.437	108	8
117^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	2	0.434	148	31
118^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	145	27
119^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	2	0	1	0.417	98	21
120^th	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.416	74	46
121^st	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.411	86	35
122^nd	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.41	133	11
123^rd	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.409	186	63
124^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	4	0.406	119	5
125^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.402	157	32
126^th	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.399	153	27
127^th	Greenwood	7	3	3	0	3	0.395	151	24
128^th	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.376	87	41
129^th	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.375	121	8
130^th	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.374	107	23
131^st	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.373	81	50
132^nd	Hampton	1	1	0	0	0	0.372	160	28
133^rd	Columbia	44	12	22	4	27	0.361	129	4
134^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.358	115	19
135^th	Bamberg	1	1	1	0	0	0.358	100	35
136^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.356	131	5
137^th	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.356	173	36
138^th	Lancaster	9	3	3	0	0	0.353	128	10
139^th	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.35	101	38
140^th	Graniteville	2	1	1	0	0	0.342	127	13
141^st	Gaffney	11	2	2	0	0	0.337	144	3
142^nd	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	130	12
143^rd	Effingham	2	0	0	0	0	0.327	170	27
144^th	North Charleston	16	5	10	0	5	0.314	158	14
145^th	Cayce	1	1	2	0	0	0.306	147	2
146^th	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.303	162	16
147^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.301	140	7
148^th	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.295	155	7
149^th	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.288	112	37
150^th	Swansea	4	0	1	0	0	0.287	166	16
151^st	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.287	178	27
152^nd	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.281	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	0.26	163	7
157^th	Williston	1	1	1	0	1	0.26	190	33
158^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.252	204	46
159^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.251	109	50
160^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.25	176	16
161^st	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.243	195	34
162^nd	Varnville	1	1	1	0	0	0.243	142	20
163^rd	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.238	135	28
164^th	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.236	179	15
165^th	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	0	0.225	181	16
166^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.218	171	5
167^th	Santee	0	0	2	0	0	0.204	228	61
168^th	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	1	0.2	161	7
169^th	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.198	152	17
170^th	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.198		(n/a)
171^st	Summerton	2	1	1	0	1	0.196	193	22
172^nd	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.195	202	30
173^rd	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.19	168	5
174^th	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.189	167	7
175^th	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.187	221	46
176^th	Sumter	11	5	4	0	7	0.185	184	8
177^th	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.18	182	5
178^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.177	149	29
179^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.177	180	1
180^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.175	227	47
181^st	Shaw A F B	2	0	0	0	0	0.173	172	9
182^nd	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.173	164	18
183^rd	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.173	194	11
184^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	205	21
185^th	Estill	1	1	1	0	1	0.166	189	4
186^th	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.165	165	21
187^th	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.162	212	25
188^th	Hardeeville	1	1	0	2	0	0.161	197	9
189^th	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.159	200	11
190^th	Society Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.154		(n/a)
191^st	Mc Cormick	1	1	2	0	0	0.148	231	40
192^nd	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.143	137	55
193^rd	Blackville	1	0	2	0	3	0.142	177	16
194^th	Greeleyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.142	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	0.131	215	18
198^th	Denmark	1	1	1	0	0	0.129	219	21
199^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.126	217	18
200^th	Yemassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.108	196	4
201^st	Ridgeland	1	0	4	0	3	0.102	223	22
202^nd	Lake City	2	1	1	0	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	0.083	136	68
205^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.083	209	4
206^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.079	124	82
207^th	Marion	3	1	1	0	0	0.072	224	17
208^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.061	222	14
209^th	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.052	226	17
210^th	Bishopville	1	1	3	1	1	0.049	174	36
211^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	3	0.046	207	4
212^th	Hollywood	0	0	1	0	0	0.045	141	71
213^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	0	0.033	229	16
214^th	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.015	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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