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Best Public Schools in Bamberg County, SC

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At a glance

Schools

1,817

Students

Top rankedDenmark-Olar High80^th of 245 South Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle up 64 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Denmark-Olar High 9.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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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 English 1 (2026)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2026)	EOCEP English 2 (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2024)	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 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	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
Bamberg-Ehrhardt High	Public	9-12	267 Red Raider Drive	Bamberg	29003	Bamberg County	Bamberg 03	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 245-3030	383	32	11.9	100.0%	147 (38.4%)	216 (56.4%)	13 (3.4%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	50.2	122^nd of 245 public high schools	50.2%		46	118^th of 235 public high schools	49.8%	4															86.1	56.2	51.5	80.6	$19,508	$1,323	$1,082	$2,405	$14,356	$2,747	$17,103
Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle	Public	7-8	897 North Street	Bamberg	29003	Bamberg County	Bamberg 03	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 245-3058	188	18	10.4	100.0%	89 (47.3%)	88 (46.8%)	4 (2.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	47.5	166^th of 335 public middle schools	50.4%		29.7	230^th of 320 public middle schools	28.1%	64					56.0	48.8					42.9	43.2							$19,476	$1,692	$1,464	$3,156	$13,772	$2,548	$16,320
Denmark-Olar High	Public	9-12	197 Viking Circle	Denmark	29042	Bamberg County	Bamberg 03	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 793-3307	181	19	9.5	100.0%	6 (3.3%)	173 (95.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66	80^th of 245 public high schools	67.3%		44.2	125^th of 235 public high schools	46.8%	45															87.5	60.5	81.5	78.6	$24,830	$2,834	$1,313	$4,147	$17,354	$3,329	$20,683
Denmark-Olar Middle	Public	6-8	1437 Church St	Denmark	29042	Bamberg County	Bamberg 03	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 793-3383	144	9	16.0	100.0%	2 (1.4%)	132 (91.7%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)	9.7	317^th of 335 public middle schools	5.4%		5.7	318^th of 320 public middle schools	0.6%	1				42.9	24.4	33.3				21.5	13.3	10.3		16.7					$18,034	$1,917	$1,173	$3,090	$11,475	$3,469	$14,944
Denmark-Olar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1437 Church St	Denmark	29042	Bamberg County	Bamberg 03	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 793-3112	232	18	12.8	100.0%	3 (1.3%)	219 (94.4%)	8 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	20.1	525^th of 649 public elementary schools	19.1%		15.2	563^rd of 640 public elementary schools	12.0%	38	54.2	42.4	38.2				54.1	36.4	26.4				33.3						$23,042	$3,069	$1,425	$4,494	$15,615	$2,933	$18,548
Richard Carroll Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1980 Main Highway	Bamberg	29003	Bamberg County	Bamberg 03	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 245-3047	689	49	14.0	100.0%	300 (43.5%)	324 (47.0%)	20 (2.9%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.7%)	37.5	410^th of 649 public elementary schools	36.8%		39.3	385^th of 640 public elementary schools	39.8%	25	70.2	59.2	65.2	46.4			49.4	28.0	44.2	25.0			27.9	48.8					$16,591	$1,691	$702	$2,393	$12,055	$2,144	$14,198

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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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