Best School Districts in South Carolina

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Rank (of 75)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
19^th	Abbeville 60	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Abbeville	Abbeville County	0.607	10	9
37^th	Aiken 01	PK, KG-12	21	11	9	0	Aiken	Aiken County	0.451	39	2
70^th	Allendale 01	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fairfax	Allendale County	0.181	64	6
3^rd	Anderson 01	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Williamston	Anderson County	0.84	3
6^th	Anderson 02	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Honea Path	Anderson County	0.721	5	1
5^th	Anderson 03	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Iva	Anderson County	0.758	6	1
4^th	Anderson 04	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Pendleton	Anderson County	0.82	2	2
22^nd	Anderson 05	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Anderson	Anderson County	0.573	24	2
	Anderson 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Williamston	Anderson County			(n/a)
	Anderson 81	9-12	0	0	1	0	Anderson	Anderson County			(n/a)
50^th	Bamberg 03	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Denmark	Bamberg County	0.382	53	3
65^th	Barnwell	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Barnwell	Barnwell County	0.213		(n/a)
28^th	Beaufort 01	PK, KG-12	20	6	6	0	Beaufort	Beaufort County	0.506	28
	Beaufort 80	10-12	0	0	1	0	Ridgeland	Jasper County			(n/a)
31^st	Berkeley 01	PK, KG-12	26	11	9	0	Moncks Corner	Berkeley County	0.484	36	5
66^th	Calhoun 01	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Saint Matthews	Calhoun County	0.21	57	9
21^st	Charleston 01	PK, KG-12	52	13	18	1	Charleston	Charleston County	0.573	23	2
40^th	Charter Institute at Erskine	PK, KG-12	9	1	5	13	Columbia	Richland County	0.435	40
57^th	Cherokee 01	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Gaffney	Cherokee County	0.309	58	1
54^th	Chester 01	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	0	Chester	Chester County	0.316	51	3
59^th	Chesterfield 01	PK, KG-12	9	3	4	0	Chesterfield	Chesterfield County	0.282	55	4
49^th	Clarendon 06	PK, KG-12	4	2	4	0	Manning	Clarendon County	0.382	45	4
73^rd	Colleton 01	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Walterboro	Colleton County	0.099	72	1
47^th	Darlington 01	PK, KG-12	10	3	5	0	Darlington	Darlington County	0.39	47
	Deaf & Blind School	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County			(n/a)
	Dept Of Correction N04	9-12	0	0	12	0	Columbia	Richland County			(n/a)
75^th	Dept of Juvenile Justice	5-12	0	0	3	0	Columbia	Richland County	0.004	75
26^th	Dillon 03	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Latta	Dillon County	0.512	27	1
69^th	Dillon 04	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Dillon	Dillon County	0.181	68	1
	Dillon 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Dillon	Dillon County			(n/a)
20^th	Dorchester 02	PK, KG-12	15	7	3	0	Summerville	Dorchester County	0.604	19	1
56^th	Dorchester 04	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Saint George	Dorchester County	0.309	63	7
	Dorchester 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Dorchester	Dorchester County			(n/a)
39^th	Edgefield 01	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Johnston	Edgefield County	0.441	46	7
34^th	Fairfield 01	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Winnsboro	Fairfield County	0.464	33	1
29^th	Florence 01	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Florence	Florence County	0.499	26	3
43^rd	Florence 02	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Pamplico	Florence County	0.401	41	2
62^nd	Florence 03	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Lake City	Florence County	0.246	60	2
42^nd	Florence 05	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Johnsonville	Florence County	0.414	34	8
51^st	Georgetown 01	PK, KG-12	10	5	4	0	Georgetown	Georgetown County	0.336	48	3
	Governor's School for Science and Mathematics	11-12	0	0	1	0	Hartsville	Darlington County			(n/a)
	Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities	10-12	0	0	1	0	Greenville	Greenville County			(n/a)
11^th	Greenville 01	PK, KG-12	52	19	20	1	Greenville	Greenville County	0.681	11
16^th	Greenwood 50	PK, KG-12	8	3	2	0	Greenwood	Greenwood County	0.646	20	4
41^st	Greenwood 51	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ware Shoals	Greenwood County	0.42	43	2
8^th	Greenwood 52	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ninety Six	Greenwood County	0.707	7	1
	Greenwood 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Greenwood	Greenwood County			(n/a)
52^nd	Hampton	PK, KG-12	5	3	1	0	Varnville	Hampton County	0.326	49	3
9^th	Horry 01	PK, KG-12	32	13	14	0	Conway	Horry County	0.695	9
72^nd	Jasper 01	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Ridgeland	Jasper County	0.112	71	1
27^th	Kershaw 01	PK, KG-12	9	4	4	0	Camden	Kershaw County	0.508	31	4
23^rd	Lancaster 01	PK, KG-12	12	6	5	0	Lancaster	Lancaster County	0.565	25	2
60^th	Laurens 55	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Laurens	Laurens County	0.28	61	1
44^th	Laurens 56	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Clinton	Laurens County	0.395	38	6
	Lee 01	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bishopville	Lee County			(n/a)
14^th	Lexington 01	PK, KG-12	18	8	6	0	Lexington	Lexington County	0.653	18	4
53^rd	Lexington 02	PK, KG-12	6	4	3	0	West Columbia	Lexington County	0.324	56	3
46^th	Lexington 03	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Batesburg-Leesville	Lexington County	0.39	54	8
68^th	Lexington 04	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Swansea	Lexington County	0.186	70	2
13^th	Lexington 05	PK, KG-12	13	5	5	0	Irmo	Richland County	0.658	13
25^th	Limestone Charters Association	PK, KG-12	6	0	8	2	Columbia	Richland County	0.549	22	3
74^th	Marion 10	PK, KG-12	5	2	3	0	Marion	Marion County	0.098	69	5
71^st	Marlboro 01	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bennettsville	Marlboro County	0.142	73	2
45^th	McCormick 01	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Cormick	McCormick County	0.391	65	20
38^th	Newberry 01	PK, KG-12	8	2	4	0	Newberry	Newberry County	0.444	32	6
18^th	Oconee 01	PK, KG-12	10	3	4	0	Walhalla	Oconee County	0.621	21	3
63^rd	Orangeburg	PK, KG-12	13	3	8	0	Orangeburg	Orangeburg County	0.227	66	3
	Orangeburg 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cope	Orangeburg County			(n/a)
	Orangeburg 81	9-12	0	0	1	0	Orangeburg	Orangeburg County			(n/a)
17^th	Pickens 01	PK, KG-12	14	5	5	0	Easley	Pickens County	0.63	17
55^th	Richland 01	PK, KG-12	29	9	9	1	Columbia	Richland County	0.315	52	3
36^th	Richland 02	PK, KG-12	23	4	5	0	Columbia	Richland County	0.454	37	1
58^th	Saluda 01	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Saluda	Saluda County	0.283	62	4
	School Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe	10-12	0	0	1	0	Mc Cormick	McCormick County			(n/a)
32^nd	School Public Charter School District	PK, KG-12	19	5	11	10	Columbia	Richland County	0.478	30	2
15^th	Spartanburg 01	PK, KG-12	5	3	2	0	Campobello	Spartanburg County	0.651	12	3
7^th	Spartanburg 02	PK, KG-12	9	3	2	0	Chesnee	Spartanburg County	0.709	8	1
10^th	Spartanburg 03	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County	0.692	14	4
24^th	Spartanburg 04	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Woodruff	Spartanburg County	0.552	15	9
12^th	Spartanburg 05	PK, KG-12	8	4	1	0	Duncan	Spartanburg County	0.67	16	4
48^th	Spartanburg 06	PK, KG-12	9	3	1	0	Roebuck	Spartanburg County	0.387	44	4
33^rd	Spartanburg 07	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County	0.474	35	2
	Spartanburg 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County			(n/a)
	Spartanburg 81	9-12	0	0	1	0	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County			(n/a)
	Spartanburg 82	10-12	0	0	1	0	Inman	Spartanburg County			(n/a)
67^th	Sumter 01	PK, KG-12	15	6	4	0	Sumter	Sumter County	0.204	67
64^th	Union 01	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Union	Union County	0.213	59	5
61^st	Williamsburg 01	PK, KG-12	4	3	3	0	Kingstree	Williamsburg County	0.255	50	11
35^th	York 01	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	0	York	York County	0.462	42	7
2^nd	York 02	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Clover	York County	0.841	4	2
30^th	York 03	PK, KG-12	15	5	4	0	Rock Hill	York County	0.496	29	1
1^st	York 04	PK, KG-12	12	6	3	0	Fort Mill	York County	0.92	1

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