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Best High Schools in Anderson County, SC

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Schools

11,217

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedWren High15^th of 248 South Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

Crescent High up 25 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Pendleton High 15.9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

South Carolina Preparatory Academy and 1 more

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)			SC READY Mathematics (2026)			SC READY Science (2026)	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2026)	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (2026)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2026)	EOCEP English 2 (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2023-24)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	Vaccination: Students (all grades) with required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Career and Technology Center of Anderson 1 & 2	Public	9-12	702 Belton Highway	Williamston	29697	Anderson County	Anderson 80	No	No	No	No	(864) 847-4121	0	28	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Palmetto High	Public	9-12	804 North Hamilton Street	Williamston	29697	Anderson County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 847-7311	1,086	59	18.3	58.7%	787 (72.5%)	66 (6.1%)	183 (16.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.3%)	80.7	40^th of 248 public high schools	83.9%		77.1	32^nd of 240 public high schools	86.7%	8								92.6	73.4	82.2	86.0	≥ 96%		$14,051	$416	$11,902	$12,318	$1,249	$484	$1,733
Wren High	Public	9-12	905 Wren School Road	Piedmont	29673	Anderson County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 850-5900	1,252	70	17.8	39.8%	985 (78.7%)	101 (8.1%)	98 (7.8%)	19 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (3.8%)	91.7	15^th of 248 public high schools	94.0%		85.8	17^th of 240 public high schools	92.9%	2								95.8	81.5	81.6	97.3	95%		$13,685	$295	$11,650	$11,945	$1,301	$439	$1,740
Powdersville High	Public	9-12	145 Hood Road	Greenville	29611	Anderson County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 312-5641	1,024	55	18.6	42.5%	709 (69.2%)	92 (9.0%)	131 (12.8%)	40 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (5.0%)	86	29^th of 248 public high schools	88.3%		75.1	38^th of 240 public high schools	84.2%	9								95.6	73.6	73.7	95.1	94%		$13,836	$353	$11,706	$12,059	$1,386	$391	$1,777
Belton Honea Path High	Public	9-12	11000 Belton-Honea Path Highway	Honea Path	29654	Anderson County	Anderson 02	No	No	No	No	(864) 369-7382	1,069	61	17.5	59.8%	792 (74.1%)	153 (14.3%)	60 (5.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (5.7%)	67.2	76^th of 248 public high schools	69.4%		67.7	55^th of 240 public high schools	77.1%	21									62.4	75.8	85.0	≥ 96%		$12,561	$706	$377	$1,083	$9,692	$1,786	$11,478
Crescent High	Public	9-12	9104 Highway 81 South	Iva	29655	Anderson County	Anderson 03	No	No	No	No	(864) 352-6175	819	46	17.8	58.0%	631 (77.0%)	87 (10.6%)	58 (7.1%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.9%)	88.3	24^th of 248 public high schools	90.3%		70.4	49^th of 240 public high schools	79.6%	25									81.3	74.6	96.6	95%		$13,990	$712	$574	$1,286	$10,661	$2,043	$12,704
Pendleton High	Public	9-12	7324 Highway 187	Anderson	29625	Anderson County	Anderson 04	No	No	No	No	(864) 403-2100	924	58	15.9	61.6%	678 (73.4%)	142 (15.4%)	41 (4.4%)	13 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.2%)	62.8	91^st of 248 public high schools	63.3%		65.4	62^nd of 240 public high schools	74.2%	29									63.5	62.0	87.0	≥ 96%		$15,385	$270	$1,031	$1,302	$10,869	$3,214	$14,084
T. L. Hanna High	Public	9-12	2600 Highway 81 North	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	No	No	No	(864) 260-5110	1,899	104	18.2	48.1%	1,048 (55.2%)	522 (27.5%)	152 (8.0%)	54 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	123 (6.5%)	71.2	64^th of 248 public high schools	74.2%		64.5	66^th of 240 public high schools	72.5%	2									66.7	73.4	86.5	95%		$12,860	$593	$721	$1,315	$9,603	$1,942	$11,545
Westside High	Public	9-12	806 Pearman Dairy Road	Anderson	29625	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	No	No	No	(864) 260-5260	1,687	97	17.3	80.5%	608 (36.0%)	649 (38.5%)	286 (17.0%)	14 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	128 (7.6%)	25.1	196^th of 248 public high schools	21.0%		29.1	172^nd of 240 public high schools	28.3%	24									40.4	56.9	71.3	≥ 96%		$13,005	$644	$813	$1,456	$9,539	$2,010	$11,549
Anderson Five Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	1225 South McDuffie Street	Anderson	29624	Anderson County	Anderson 05	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 260-5538	61	19	3.1	50.0%	45 (73.8%)	9 (14.8%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.6%)								(n/a)										75.0		≥ 96%		$15,556	$199	$324	$523	$13,872	$1,161	$15,032
Anderson Institute of Technology	Public	9-12	315 Pearman Dairy Road	Anderson	29625	Anderson County	Anderson 81	No	No	No	No	(864) 222-4120	0	21	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South Carolina Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	1650 E Greenville Street Suite H	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Limestone Charters Association	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(864) 280-9806	391	11	37.2	—	245 (62.7%)	80 (20.5%)	45 (11.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	32.8	169^th of 248 public high schools	31.9%					(n/a)			38.0						40.4	45.5	86.4	83%		$9,327	$54	$14	$68	$5,827	$3,432	$9,259
South Carolina Preparatory Leadership School	Public, Charter	6-12	1650 E Greenville Street Suite H	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Limestone Charters Association	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(864) 202-6341	1,005	17	60.9	—	525 (52.2%)	295 (29.4%)	116 (11.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (6.5%)	2.8	242^nd of 248 public high schools	2.4%					(n/a)	41.2	26.8	28.5	3.4	5.7	8.5	17.6	13.6	19.2	22.1	65.9	78%		$8,743	$54	$14	$68	$1,965	$6,710	$8,675

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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