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Best Elementary Schools in Chester County, SC

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At a glance

Schools

2,244

Students

Top rankedLewisville Elementary335^th of 649 South Carolina elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lewisville Elementary up 12 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Chester Park Elementary School for the Arts 11.4 students per teacher

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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)		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	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 Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	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
Chester Park School Elementary of Inquiry	Public	PK, KG-5	835-C Lancaster Highway	Chester	29706	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 581-7282	355	29	12.2		41 (11.5%)	260 (73.2%)	25 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.2%)	12.9	593^rd of 649 public elementary schools	8.6%		15.9	559^th of 640 public elementary schools	12.7%	34	54.5	46.5	41.5				31.8	27.9	20.8			18.6		$16,377	$2,625	$1,211	$3,836	$10,258	$2,283	$12,541
Great Falls Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Dearborn Street	Great Falls	29055	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 482-2214	335	26	13.1		136 (40.6%)	126 (37.6%)	44 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.1%)	33.1	432^nd of 649 public elementary schools	33.4%		36	408^th of 640 public elementary schools	36.3%	24	50.9	60.4	63.5				47.1	44.8	26.9			36.2		$14,957	$1,682	$983	$2,664	$9,779	$2,514	$12,293
Lewisville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4006 Lewisville High School Ro	Richburg	29729	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 789-5164	594	41	14.6		323 (54.4%)	151 (25.4%)	56 (9.4%)	9 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.8%)	46.4	335^th of 649 public elementary schools	48.4%		44	347^th of 640 public elementary schools	45.8%	12	62.5	58.3	63.3				58.4	37.4	53.1			40.7		$13,880	$1,538	$726	$2,264	$9,531	$2,084	$11,615
Academy for Teaching and Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	109 Hinton Street	Chester	29706	Chester County	Chester 01	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 385-6334	329	28	11.7		263 (79.9%)	54 (16.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	36.5	415^th of 649 public elementary schools	36.1%		40.5	373^rd of 640 public elementary schools	41.7%	42	67.5	61.2	52.6	51.3	59.2	58.3	56.7	47.2	42.1	24.3	29.6	25.0	29.7	$14,498	$698	$591	$1,289	$10,454	$2,755	$13,209
Chester Park Elementary School for the Arts	Public	PK, KG-5	835-A Lancaster Highway	Chester	29706	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 581-7279	331	29	11.4		95 (28.7%)	163 (49.2%)	41 (12.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (9.1%)	19.9	526^th of 649 public elementary schools	19.0%		18.9	536^th of 640 public elementary schools	16.3%	10	40.9	35.4	46.1				50.0	38.3	41.1			23.9		$15,915	$2,229	$815	$3,043	$10,498	$2,374	$12,872
Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology	Public	PK, KG-5	835-B Lancaster Highway	Chester	29706	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 581-7275	300	22	13.6		54 (18.0%)	171 (57.0%)	44 (14.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.7%)	6.9	633^rd of 649 public elementary schools	2.5%		6.6	624^th of 640 public elementary schools	2.5%	9	30.9	45.2	26.0				40.4	26.2	8.7			11.9		$16,772	$3,164	$831	$3,995	$10,322	$2,456	$12,778

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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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