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Best Public Schools in Colleton County, SC

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At a glance

Schools

4,631

Students

Districts

Top rankedBells Elementary510^th of 649 South Carolina elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Bells Elementary up 15 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Bells Elementary 11.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

1★

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4 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 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 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
Jane Edwards Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1960 Jane Edwards Road	Edisto Island	29438	Colleton County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 559-4171	92	14	6.8	100.0%	40 (43.5%)	36 (39.1%)	11 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)								(n/a)																		$64,837	$9,153	$3,365	$12,518	$39,759	$12,560	$52,319
Northside Elementary	Public	1-5	1929 Industrial Road	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-0015	428	29	14.7	100.0%	164 (38.3%)	217 (50.7%)	26 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	15.3	578^th of 649 public elementary schools	10.9%		19.3	534^th of 640 public elementary schools	16.6%	44	40.3	50.6	47.7				37.7	24.7	34.5				18.5					$15,966	$2,650	$1,839	$4,489	$8,872	$2,605	$11,477
Bells Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12088 Bells Highway	Ruffin	29475	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-0012	249	21	11.8	100.0%	112 (45.0%)	103 (41.4%)	24 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	22.9	510^th of 649 public elementary schools	21.4%		20.8	525^th of 640 public elementary schools	18.0%	15	48.5	60.0	50.0				31.5	40.0	27.1				31.1					$18,199	$2,635	$2,047	$4,682	$11,181	$2,337	$13,518
Black Street Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	256 Smith Street	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-4516	358	25	14.3	100.0%	114 (31.8%)	171 (47.8%)	35 (9.8%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.9%)								(n/a)																		$26,046	$3,652	$2,022	$5,674	$17,414	$2,957	$20,371
Cottageville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	648 Peirce Road	Cottageville	29435	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-4528	425	34	12.5	100.0%	200 (47.1%)	133 (31.3%)	37 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (11.8%)	11.6	602^nd of 649 public elementary schools	7.2%		10	601^st of 640 public elementary schools	6.1%	1	36.6	44.0	46.9				26.4	28.0	28.6				24.0					$15,630	$2,365	$1,935	$4,300	$8,716	$2,614	$11,330
Forest Hills Elementary	Public	1-5	633 Hiers Corner Road	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-4512	472	38	12.4	100.0%	167 (35.4%)	231 (48.9%)	44 (9.3%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.3%)	13.4	590^th of 649 public elementary schools	9.1%		21.6	516^th of 640 public elementary schools	19.4%	74	34.4	46.2	48.2				27.6	23.4	34.1				30.3					$16,533	$2,580	$2,027	$4,608	$9,513	$2,412	$11,925
Colleton County High	Public	9-12	150 Cougar Nation Drive	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 782-0031	1,352	82	16.4	100.0%	484 (35.8%)	660 (48.8%)	124 (9.2%)	7 (0.5%)	11 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (4.8%)	17	219^th of 245 public high schools	10.6%		5.1	228^th of 235 public high schools	3.0%	9															44.2	34.9	73.4	$14,624	$1,541	$1,624	$3,165	$9,289	$2,170	$11,459
Thunderbolt Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	1069 Thunderbolt Road	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 782-4514	0	12	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hendersonville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6089 Hendersonville Highway	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-0027	324	24	13.5	100.0%	74 (22.8%)	216 (66.7%)	20 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	8.7	627^th of 649 public elementary schools	3.4%		10.4	598^th of 640 public elementary schools	6.6%	29	42.9	50.0	25.6				23.3	25.6	17.1				25.0					$17,828	$3,129	$2,061	$5,189	$9,824	$2,815	$12,639
Colleton County Middle	Public	6-8	1379 Tuskegee Airmen Drive	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 782-0040	931	70	13.3	100.0%	293 (31.5%)	484 (52.0%)	84 (9.0%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (6.4%)	11.7	312^th of 335 public middle schools	6.9%		14.4	281^st of 320 public middle schools	12.2%	31				37.3	37.9	31.7				19.8	13.9	13.9		32.9				$14,772	$1,975	$1,629	$3,604	$8,731	$2,436	$11,167
Libertas Academy-Colleton	Public, Charter	K-4	858 Bells Hwy	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(803) 849-2464	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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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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