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Best Elementary Schools in Oconee County, SC

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At a glance

Schools

4,732

Students

Top rankedKeowee Elementary105^th of 649 South Carolina elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Tamassee-Salem Elementary up 147 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Orchard Park Elementary 9.4 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)	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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Science 4th 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
Fair-Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1964 Oakway Road	Westminster	29693	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4505	583	47	12.4	74.5%	496 (85.1%)	11 (1.9%)	39 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.3%)	56.9	261^st of 649 public elementary schools	59.8%		61.9	242^nd of 640 public elementary schools	62.2%	19	64.1	71.2	52.1	64.1	57.8	40.4	62.2	$13,935	$828	$290	$1,117	$10,953	$1,865	$12,818
Orchard Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Toccoa Highway	Westminster	29693	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 886-4515	360	38	9.4	100.0%	314 (87.2%)	17 (4.7%)	21 (5.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	70.1	189^th of 649 public elementary schools	70.9%		63	236^th of 640 public elementary schools	63.1%	47	73.9	74.4	60.0	65.2	58.2	61.4	67.5	$16,612	$2,424	$413	$2,838	$11,650	$2,124	$13,774
Keowee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7051 Keowee School Road	Seneca	29672	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4475	305	28	10.8	60.4%	267 (87.5%)	5 (1.6%)	21 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	82.5	105^th of 649 public elementary schools	83.8%		82.8	98^th of 640 public elementary schools	84.7%	7	78.0	71.4	77.6	78.0	67.4	74.1	59.2	$14,852	$1,007	$310	$1,317	$11,262	$2,273	$13,535
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	710 North Townville Street	Seneca	29678	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4445	616	49	12.4	68.3%	342 (55.5%)	117 (19.0%)	93 (15.1%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.3%)	65.5	215^th of 649 public elementary schools	66.9%		60.6	249^th of 640 public elementary schools	61.1%	34	70.1	68.8	68.3	60.8	60.5	44.9	64.6	$13,983	$404	$286	$690	$11,413	$1,880	$13,293
James M. Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	225 Coffee Road	Walhalla	29691	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 886-4470	558	53	10.5	100.0%	333 (59.7%)	18 (3.2%)	190 (34.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.2%)	34.2	426^th of 649 public elementary schools	34.4%		25.2	491^st of 640 public elementary schools	23.3%	65	52.3	60.8	52.1	36.9	51.3	34.8	48.6	$16,672	$1,910	$307	$2,217	$12,571	$1,883	$14,454
Ravenel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	150 Ravenel School Road	Seneca	29678	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4450	530	41	12.9	73.0%	298 (56.2%)	122 (23.0%)	53 (10.0%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	48 (9.1%)	71.4	179^th of 649 public elementary schools	72.4%		63.7	233^rd of 640 public elementary schools	63.6%	54	78.6	68.4	66.0	74.2	65.8	54.2	55.7	$14,435	$689	$294	$983	$11,304	$2,148	$13,452
Tamassee-Salem Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9950 North Highway 11	Tamassee	29686	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4540	204	18	11.2	75.1%	176 (86.3%)	3 (1.5%)	16 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	72.5	172^nd of 649 public elementary schools	73.5%		48	319^th of 640 public elementary schools	50.2%	147	77.5	79.2	62.5	64.6	70.8	46.9	75.0	$19,609	$1,339	$349	$1,688	$15,560	$2,361	$17,921
Walhalla Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	508 Fowler Road	West Union	29696	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4480	612	45	13.6	65.3%	471 (77.0%)	8 (1.3%)	111 (18.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	78	134^th of 649 public elementary schools	79.4%		76.3	147^th of 640 public elementary schools	77.0%	13	74.7	77.6	72.7	62.6	71.3	69.8	57.5	$14,023	$650	$382	$1,032	$11,169	$1,822	$12,991
Westminster Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	206 Hamilton Street	Westminster	29693	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 886-4520	385	36	10.6	75.1%	332 (86.2%)	12 (3.1%)	32 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	46.4	334^th of 649 public elementary schools	48.5%		61.7	244^th of 640 public elementary schools	61.9%	90	67.6	55.7	69.1	61.5	37.1	50.9	34.3	$16,331	$1,298	$404	$1,701	$12,351	$2,279	$14,630
Blue Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	995 South Oak Street	Seneca	29678	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 886-4550	579	52	11.1	100.0%	260 (44.9%)	123 (21.2%)	103 (17.8%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	85 (14.7%)	45.6	341^st of 649 public elementary schools	47.5%		34.4	421^st of 640 public elementary schools	34.2%	80	67.8	56.0	57.3	53.6	44.0	45.3	50.0	$16,602	$2,670	$344	$3,014	$11,452	$2,136	$13,588

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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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