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Best Public Schools in Dillon County, SC

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At a glance

Schools

5,151

Students

Districts

Top rankedLatta Middle135^th of 335 South Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Latta Elementary up 58 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lake View High 12.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 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	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
Dillon County Applied Technology Center	Public	9-12	1630 East Main Street	Dillon	29536	Dillon County	Dillon 80	No	No	No	No	(843) 774-5143	0	10	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lake View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1311 Scott Street	Lake View	29563	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 759-3003	372	22	16.9		153 (41.1%)	145 (39.0%)	18 (4.8%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.6%)	16.4	561^st of 649 public elementary schools	13.6%		13.7	573^rd of 640 public elementary schools	10.5%	12	65.6	23.0	44.9				41.0	14.9	34.7				12.2					$13,308	$1,557	$2,215	$3,772	$8,191	$1,345	$9,535
Lake View High	Public	6-12	401 East Third Avenue	Lake View	29563	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 759-3009	483	38	12.8		239 (49.5%)	179 (37.1%)	19 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.8%)	34.7	165^th of 245 public high schools	32.7%		19.2	194^th of 235 public high schools	17.4%	29				45.1	45.8	59.1				15.7	25.0	51.5		47.1	38.5	57.6	80.7	$14,101	$1,090	$1,592	$2,682	$9,856	$1,562	$11,418
Gordon Elementary	Public	4-5	926 Perry Avenue	Dillon	29536	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 774-1227	351	23	15.2		57 (16.2%)	239 (68.1%)	24 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.8%)	10.9	606^th of 649 public elementary schools	6.6%		11.8	582^nd of 640 public elementary schools	9.1%	24		45.4	37.6					27.8	22.0				26.4					$13,084	$2,063	$1,865	$3,928	$7,442	$1,714	$9,155
Dillon High	Public	9-12	1730 Highway 301 North	Dillon	29536	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 774-1230	804	49	16.4		150 (18.7%)	545 (67.8%)	54 (6.7%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.9%)	11.3	230^th of 245 public high schools	6.1%		11.5	216^th of 235 public high schools	8.1%	14															32.0	36.6	72.4	$12,443	$1,264	$1,419	$2,684	$8,230	$1,529	$9,760
Dillon Middle	Public	6-8	1803 Joan Drive	Dillon	29536	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 774-1212	624	39	16.0		119 (19.1%)	400 (64.1%)	47 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (7.9%)	17.7	288^th of 335 public middle schools	14.0%		24	248^th of 320 public middle schools	22.5%	40				36.3	42.3	41.9				17.3	16.0	30.0		39.3				$12,840	$1,345	$1,467	$2,812	$8,454	$1,575	$10,029
Dillon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	1663 Bunker Hill Road	Dillon	29536	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 774-1210	1,025	56	18.3		180 (17.6%)	665 (64.9%)	55 (5.4%)	5 (0.5%)	15 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	104 (10.1%)								(n/a)	42.4						32.4
Latta Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Viking Drive	Latta	29565	Dillon County	Dillon 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 752-5295	721	44	16.3		355 (49.2%)	250 (34.7%)	51 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (7.9%)	51.2	304^th of 649 public elementary schools	53.2%		41.9	362^nd of 640 public elementary schools	43.4%	58	67.2	68.3	51.3				65.6	53.5	39.8				44.5					$13,812	$2,333	$1,092	$3,425	$9,261	$1,126	$10,387
Latta Middle	Public	6-8	612 North Richardson Street	Latta	29565	Dillon County	Dillon 03	No	No	No	No	(843) 752-7117	349	23	15.1		181 (51.9%)	130 (37.2%)	11 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.7%)	56.4	135^th of 335 public middle schools	59.7%		56.8	121^st of 320 public middle schools	62.2%	14				54.5	53.7	54.0				49.6	44.4	52.2		48.8				$8,512	$833	$251	$1,085	$6,776	$652	$7,428
Latta High	Public	9-12	618 North Richardson Street	Latta	29565	Dillon County	Dillon 03	No	No	No	No	(843) 752-5751	422	24	17.5		237 (56.2%)	139 (32.9%)	19 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	42.7	145^th of 245 public high schools	40.8%		47.1	114^th of 235 public high schools	51.5%	31															48.5	57.7	82.4	$11,917	$449	$1,462	$1,911	$8,650	$1,357	$10,007

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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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