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Best Public Schools in Union County, SC

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Schools

3,542

Students

Top rankedMonarch Elementary398^th of 661 South Carolina elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Sims Middle 10.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

1★

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1 school 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 Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2026)	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (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 Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 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
Buffalo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	733 Main Street	Buffalo	29321	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 429-1730	483	36	13.4	100.0%	219 (45.3%)	167 (34.6%)	21 (4.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (15.3%)	10.5	624^th of 661 public elementary schools	5.6%		10.3	599^th of 639 public elementary schools	6.3%	25	43.3	42.9	25.4				28.9	32.5	17.9				32.5						$14,327	$2,048	$1,389	$3,438	$9,106	$1,784	$10,890
Foster Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Arthur Boulevard	Union	29379	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 429-1737	430	30	14.3	100.0%	150 (34.9%)	222 (51.6%)	20 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.8%)	10.7	622^nd of 661 public elementary schools	5.9%		17.9	540^th of 639 public elementary schools	15.5%	82	38.9	38.2	45.3				33.4	27.9	31.3				13.2						$16,083	$2,685	$1,545	$4,230	$9,864	$1,989	$11,852
Jonesville Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	350 New Hope Church Road	Jonesville	29353	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 674-5518	557	43	13.1	39.0%	355 (63.7%)	116 (20.8%)	19 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.8%)	29.2	468^th of 661 public elementary schools	29.2%		32.7	430^th of 639 public elementary schools	32.7%	38	55.9	59.4	50.0	47.5	53.5	52.1	39.8	46.9	30.4	22.1	30.4	27.1	40.7	35.6					$13,495	$2,107	$1,485	$3,592	$8,174	$1,729	$9,903
Monarch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	218 Monarch School Drive	Union	29379	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 429-1733	442	34	13.0	100.0%	279 (63.1%)	141 (31.9%)	15 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	40.4	398^th of 661 public elementary schools	39.8%		46.2	334^th of 639 public elementary schools	47.7%	64	53.3	66.6	53.7				48.1	70.8	25.4				40.3						$13,860	$2,396	$1,311	$3,707	$8,349	$1,804	$10,152
Sims Middle	Public	6-8	2200 Whitmire Highway	Union	29379	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 429-1755	606	56	10.9	100.0%	281 (46.4%)	230 (38.0%)	31 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (10.4%)	28	250^th of 341 public middle schools	26.7%		32.8	217^th of 321 public middle schools	32.4%	33				37.2	49.2	44.8				31.1	32.6	35.3		34.5					$13,853	$1,262	$1,474	$2,736	$8,884	$2,233	$11,117
Union County High	Public	9-12	1163 Lakeside Drive	Union	29379	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 429-1750	1,024	48	21.3	100.0%	520 (50.8%)	362 (35.4%)	45 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (9.2%)	20.6	212^th of 248 public high schools	14.5%		22.3	190^th of 240 public high schools	20.8%	22																44.8	47.8	68.6	$12,963	$854	$1,515	$2,369	$9,047	$1,547	$10,594
Union County Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	1165 Lakeside Drive	Union	29379	Union County	Union 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 429-1765	0	15	.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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