Florence 01

Summary:

The Florence 01 school district in South Carolina consists of 23 schools, including 16 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The district serves a diverse community and faces some challenges, but also has several standout schools that are performing exceptionally well.

Among the top-performing schools in the district are Royall Elementary, which consistently ranks as one of the best elementary schools in the state, and Carver Elementary, which also has strong test scores and a 4-star rating. At the middle school level, John W. Moore Middle stands out as the highest-ranked school in the district, with a 4-star rating. For high schools, West Florence High is the top performer, with a 3-star rating and solid test scores.

However, the data also reveals significant disparities in performance across the district, with some schools, such as Greenwood Elementary and Brockington Elementary Magnet, struggling to meet academic standards. The district also faces challenges with high rates of poverty, chronic absenteeism, and variations in per-student spending, which may contribute to these performance gaps. Addressing these inequities could be a key focus for the district's leadership and the community.

District Detail

319 South Irby Street
Florence, SC 29501

(843) 669-4141

SchoolDigger Rank:
26^th of 75 South Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 15,861

Primary Schools: 14
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)						SC READY Mathematics (2025)						SC READY Science (2025)		EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	EOCEP English 1 (2025)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2025)	EOCEP English 2 (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 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
Henry L. Sneed Middle	Public	6-8	1102 Ebenezer Road	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 673-1199	634	52	12.1		136 (21.5%)	400 (63.1%)	48 (7.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.1%)	32.8	215^th of 320 public middle schools	32.8%		32.8	214^th of 325 public middle schools	34.2%	1				49.8	49.6	47.2				24.0	20.4	30.5		29.3	94.9				$14,430	$976	$1,047	$2,023	$10,294	$2,113	$12,407
Briggs Elementary	Public	K-5	1012 Congaree Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8169	451	34	13.4		216 (47.9%)	168 (37.3%)	22 (4.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.4%)	71	192^nd of 640 public elementary schools	70.0%		78.6	132^nd of 638 public elementary schools	79.3%	60	75.3	72.1	69.5				54.8	61.6	47.2				66.3						$14,690	$562	$925	$1,487	$11,546	$1,657	$13,203
Carver Elementary	Public	K-5	515 North Cashua Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8156	615	44	14.1		245 (39.8%)	281 (45.7%)	21 (3.4%)	26 (4.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.3%)	80.8	110^th of 640 public elementary schools	82.8%		78.9	129^th of 638 public elementary schools	79.8%	19	70.4	78.7	67.5				69.9	73.7	59.4				72.9						$13,840	$675	$884	$1,559	$10,641	$1,641	$12,282
Delmae Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	1211 South Cashua Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8448	988	63	15.6		269 (27.2%)	458 (46.4%)	111 (11.2%)	57 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (9.4%)	66.6	212^th of 640 public elementary schools	66.9%		68	199^th of 638 public elementary schools	68.8%	13	73.6	62.1	68.0				68.4	52.8	57.7				50.4						$12,415	$834	$941	$1,774	$9,161	$1,480	$10,641
Greenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2300 East Howe Springs Road	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8451	530	39	13.5		123 (23.2%)	337 (63.6%)	16 (3.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.9%)	31.2	441^st of 640 public elementary schools	31.1%		21.9	505^th of 638 public elementary schools	20.8%	64	56.7	46.7	46.9				55.5	30.0	39.6				37.8						$14,184	$1,028	$1,335	$2,363	$10,019	$1,801	$11,821
North Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	1200 North Irby Street	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8159	446	36	12.3		5 (1.1%)	404 (90.6%)	11 (2.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	46.1	335^th of 640 public elementary schools	47.7%		45.7	348^th of 638 public elementary schools	45.5%	13	65.0	55.9	46.9				67.6	52.0	37.3				41.6						$21,826	$921	$2,246	$3,168	$16,742	$1,916	$18,658
Royall Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 Cheraw Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8167	512	40	12.8		216 (42.2%)	199 (38.9%)	38 (7.4%)	13 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.6%)	83.2	93^rd of 640 public elementary schools	85.5%		95.3	22^nd of 638 public elementary schools	96.6%	71	66.6	83.4	86.0				70.3	69.2	72.1				56.4						$15,720	$1,184	$813	$1,997	$12,114	$1,610	$13,724
Savannah Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	2348 Savannah Grove Road	Effingham	29541	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8463	385	31	12.4		69 (17.9%)	267 (69.4%)	19 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.0%)	53.4	285^th of 640 public elementary schools	55.5%		51	305^th of 638 public elementary schools	52.2%	20	59.0	58.6	69.3				63.9	41.4	38.7				56.9						$16,581	$1,045	$1,569	$2,614	$12,226	$1,741	$13,967
Henry Timrod Elementary	Public	K-5	1901 East Old Marion Highway	Florence	29506	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8454	413	31	13.3		81 (19.6%)	269 (65.1%)	22 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.7%)	43.4	353^rd of 640 public elementary schools	44.8%		43.6	359^th of 638 public elementary schools	43.7%	6	55.1	63.0	57.4				50.1	44.6	42.7				44.6						$15,088	$1,419	$1,543	$2,963	$10,553	$1,573	$12,125
Wallace Gregg Elementary	Public	K-5	515 Francis Marion Road	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8481	283	27	10.4		77 (27.2%)	162 (57.2%)	13 (4.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.9%)	35	415^th of 640 public elementary schools	35.2%		32.3	432^nd of 638 public elementary schools	32.3%	17	47.8	50.9	50.0				43.4	49.1	40.4				47.1						$15,920	$1,064	$1,995	$3,059	$10,698	$2,164	$12,862
John W. Moore Middle	Public	6-8	191 Westfield Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8171	1,056	73	14.4		414 (39.2%)	429 (40.6%)	89 (8.4%)	35 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (8.4%)	60.3	109^th of 320 public middle schools	65.9%		66.8	90^th of 325 public middle schools	72.3%	19				56.1	55.7	56.9				42.8	39.3	52.7		42.9	100.0				$12,994	$526	$1,466	$1,993	$9,189	$1,813	$11,002
South Florence High	Public	9-12	3200 South Irby Street	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 664-8190	1,580	104	15.2		569 (36.0%)	786 (49.7%)	98 (6.2%)	10 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	116 (7.3%)	52.4	101^st of 235 public high schools	57.0%		43.2	124^th of 235 public high schools	47.2%	23															90.6	61.0	60.7	84.2	$12,574	$491	$890	$1,381	$9,459	$1,734	$11,193
Williams Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1100 North Irby Street	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 664-8162	792	68	11.6		120 (15.2%)	532 (67.2%)	29 (3.7%)	37 (4.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (9.0%)	33.9	210^th of 320 public middle schools	34.4%		31.2	222^nd of 325 public middle schools	31.7%	12				43.3	36.6	42.3				33.2	27.7	32.0		40.3	100.0				$12,873	$861	$1,058	$1,919	$9,184	$1,769	$10,954
Wilson High	Public	9-12	1411 Old Marion Highway	Florence	29506	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8440	1,373	92	14.9		184 (13.4%)	956 (69.6%)	66 (4.8%)	53 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (8.2%)	47	116^th of 235 public high schools	50.6%		44.9	121^st of 235 public high schools	48.5%	5															59.2	57.0	69.1	79.4	$13,475	$694	$887	$1,581	$9,882	$2,012	$11,893
West Florence High	Public	9-12	221 North Beltline Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 664-8472	1,827	106	17.3		677 (37.1%)	802 (43.9%)	158 (8.6%)	45 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	144 (7.9%)	53.1	99^th of 235 public high schools	57.9%		55.7	87^th of 235 public high schools	63.0%	12															80.8	64.5	58.9	84.5	$11,418	$408	$781	$1,189	$8,506	$1,722	$10,228
Advantage Academy	Public	9-12	126 East Howe Springs Road	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 664-8464	0	25	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Brockington Elementary Magnet	Public	PK, KG-5	304 Kemper Street	Timmonsville	29161	Florence County	Florence 01	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 346-3956	329	28	11.7		36 (10.9%)	246 (74.8%)	19 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.2%)	19.5	533^rd of 640 public elementary schools	16.7%		15	556^th of 638 public elementary schools	12.9%	23	38.8	44.0	45.3				38.8	44.0	35.7				22.0						$17,377	$1,453	$1,595	$3,049	$11,351	$2,977	$14,328
McLaurin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	1400 McMillan Lane	Florence	29506	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8457	552	40	13.8		182 (33.0%)	273 (49.5%)	37 (6.7%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (9.6%)								(n/a)																			$16,637	$823	$1,259	$2,082	$12,500	$2,055	$14,556
Theodore Lester Elementary	Public	3-5	3501 East Palmetto Street	Florence	29506	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8459	362	30	12.0		109 (30.1%)	190 (52.5%)	26 (7.2%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.4%)	49.5	311^th of 640 public elementary schools	51.4%		49.4	324^th of 638 public elementary schools	49.2%	13	61.6	59.0	59.4				50.0	52.2	45.0				48.7						$18,734	$935	$1,323	$2,258	$14,315	$2,161	$16,476
Dewey-Carter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4937 South Irby Street	Effingham	29541	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8479	606	44	13.7		246 (40.6%)	262 (43.2%)	60 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.3%)	52.1	295^th of 640 public elementary schools	53.9%		54.8	284^th of 638 public elementary schools	55.5%	11	70.0	49.4	61.7				76.7	44.9	45.7				41.8						$13,632	$982	$959	$1,941	$10,252	$1,439	$11,691
Southside Middle	Public	6-8	209 W. Jones Paul Road	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8467	1,138	80	14.2		365 (32.1%)	584 (51.3%)	72 (6.3%)	12 (1.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (8.9%)	43.9	170^th of 320 public middle schools	46.9%		42.4	177^th of 325 public middle schools	45.5%	7				47.2	51.5	48.1				34.6	36.4	34.9		37.3	100.0				$12,200	$609	$1,037	$1,646	$8,592	$1,961	$10,553
Lucy T. Davis Elementary	Public	K-5	201 Westfield Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 665-5977	632	44	14.3		226 (35.8%)	312 (49.4%)	32 (5.1%)	31 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.9%)	74.7	160^th of 640 public elementary schools	75.0%		72.5	169^th of 638 public elementary schools	73.5%	9	69.6	66.3	72.0				74.7	63.1	56.8				57.9						$14,171	$655	$1,107	$1,762	$10,925	$1,485	$12,409
Child Development Center at Woods Road	Public	PK	1400 Woods Road	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 799-6006	189	16	11.8		62 (32.8%)	98 (51.9%)	19 (10.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.2%)								(n/a)
R.N. Beck Child Development Center	Public	PK	1001 West Sumter Street	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 673-1129	168	14	12.0		27 (16.1%)	120 (71.4%)	10 (6.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.4%)								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Charter Institute at Erskine	5.24 mi	31	40^th
Florence 04	5.76 mi	1
Darlington 01	8.37 mi	19	47^th
Florence 03	14.87 mi	8	60^th
School Public Charter School District	18.47 mi	59	30^th

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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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