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Rank (of 79)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
6^th	Abbeville 60	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Abbeville	Abbeville County	0.758	3	3
34^th	Aiken 01	PK, KG-12	21	12	9	0	Aiken	Aiken County	0.491	37	3
74^th	Allendale 01	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fairfax	Allendale County	0.117	78	4
3^rd	Anderson 01	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Williamston	Anderson County	0.796	6	3
19^th	Anderson 02	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Honea Path	Anderson County	0.589	20	1
7^th	Anderson 03	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Iva	Anderson County	0.75	14	7
4^th	Anderson 04	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Pendleton	Anderson County	0.794	5	1
22^nd	Anderson 05	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Anderson	Anderson County	0.575	19	3
	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)
32^nd	Bamberg 01	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bamberg	Bamberg County	0.497	40	8
76^th	Bamberg 02	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Denmark	Bamberg County	0.102	67	9
64^th	Barnwell 19	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Blackville	Barnwell County	0.245	66	2
68^th	Barnwell 29	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Williston	Barnwell County	0.189	63	5
58^th	Barnwell 45	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Barnwell	Barnwell County	0.301	62	4
	Barnwell 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Blackville	Barnwell County			(n/a)
23^rd	Beaufort 01	PK, KG-12	20	6	6	0	Beaufort	Beaufort County	0.563	26	3
	Beaufort 80	10-12	0	0	1	0	Ridgeland	Jasper County			(n/a)
28^th	Berkeley 01	PK, KG-12	26	11	9	0	Moncks Corner	Berkeley County	0.518	22	6
50^th	Calhoun 01	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Saint Matthews	Calhoun County	0.372	54	4
38^th	Charleston 01	PK, KG-12	52	11	16	1	Charleston	Charleston County	0.466	34	4
43^rd	Charter Institute at Erskine	PK, KG-12	9	0	7	6	Columbia	Richland County	0.399		(n/a)
51^st	Cherokee 01	PK, KG-12	12	3	3	0	Gaffney	Cherokee County	0.365	48	3
62^nd	Chester 01	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	0	Chester	Chester County	0.283	64	2
41^st	Chesterfield 01	PK, KG-12	9	3	4	0	Chesterfield	Chesterfield County	0.424	41
71^st	Clarendon 01	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Summerton	Clarendon County	0.173	65	6
	Clarendon 02	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Manning	Clarendon County			(n/a)
18^th	Clarendon 03	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Turbeville	Clarendon County	0.615	23	5
	Clarendon 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Manning	Clarendon County			(n/a)
75^th	Colleton 01	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Walterboro	Colleton County	0.113	74	1
39^th	Darlington 01	PK, KG-12	11	3	5	0	Darlington	Darlington County	0.435	47	8
	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)
	Dept of Juvenile Justice	5-12	0	0	3	0	Columbia	Richland County			(n/a)
27^th	Dillon 03	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Latta	Dillon County	0.533	27
63^rd	Dillon 04	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Dillon	Dillon County	0.258	55	8
	Dillon 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Dillon	Dillon County			(n/a)
10^th	Dorchester 02	PK, KG-12	15	6	3	0	Summerville	Dorchester County	0.722	9	1
47^th	Dorchester 04	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Saint George	Dorchester County	0.384	45	2
	Dorchester 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Dorchester	Dorchester County			(n/a)
46^th	Edgefield 01	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Johnston	Edgefield County	0.385	42	4
44^th	Fairfield 01	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Winnsboro	Fairfield County	0.397	50	6
37^th	Florence 01	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Florence	Florence County	0.477	38	1
57^th	Florence 02	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Pamplico	Florence County	0.328	59	2
66^th	Florence 03	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Lake City	Florence County	0.191	70	4
82^nd	Florence 04	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Timmonsville	Florence County	0.016	82
26^th	Florence 05	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Johnsonville	Florence County	0.542	29	3
45^th	Georgetown 01	PK, KG-12	10	5	4	0	Georgetown	Georgetown County	0.391	44	1
	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)
13^th	Greenville 01	PK, KG-12	51	20	18	1	Greenville	Greenville County	0.684	16	3
53^rd	Greenwood 50	PK, KG-12	8	3	2	0	Greenwood	Greenwood County	0.35	39	14
35^th	Greenwood 51	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ware Shoals	Greenwood County	0.483	51	16
17^th	Greenwood 52	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ninety Six	Greenwood County	0.623	13	4
	Greenwood 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Greenwood	Greenwood County			(n/a)
55^th	Hampton 01	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Varnville	Hampton County	0.345	58	3
67^th	Hampton 02	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estill	Hampton County	0.19	72	5
11^th	Horry 01	PK, KG-12	30	13	13	0	Conway	Horry County	0.712	10	1
77^th	Jasper 01	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ridgeland	Jasper County	0.1	81	4
29^th	Kershaw 01	PK, KG-12	11	4	4	0	Camden	Kershaw County	0.514	30	1
30^th	Lancaster 01	PK, KG-12	12	5	5	0	Lancaster	Lancaster County	0.506	32	2
59^th	Laurens 55	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Laurens	Laurens County	0.301	53	6
54^th	Laurens 56	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Clinton	Laurens County	0.348	43	11
80^th	Lee 01	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Bishopville	Lee County	0.05	80
14^th	Lexington 01	PK, KG-12	17	8	6	0	Lexington	Lexington County	0.673	12	2
48^th	Lexington 02	PK, KG-12	6	4	3	0	West Columbia	Lexington County	0.383	35	13
36^th	Lexington 03	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Batesburg-Leesville	Lexington County	0.48	33	3
79^th	Lexington 04	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Swansea	Lexington County	0.06	76	3
12^th	Lexington 05	PK, KG-12	12	5	5	0	Irmo	Richland County	0.699	8	4
78^th	Marion 10	PK, KG-12	5	2	3	0	Marion	Marion County	0.096	73	5
69^th	Marlboro 01	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bennettsville	Marlboro County	0.187	68	1
81^st	McCormick 01	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mc Cormick	McCormick County	0.038	79	2
40^th	Newberry 01	PK, KG-12	8	2	4	0	Newberry	Newberry County	0.426	36	4
24^th	Oconee 01	PK, KG-12	10	3	4	0	Walhalla	Oconee County	0.549	25	1
	Orangeburg	PK, KG-12	16	4	9	0	Orangeburg	Orangeburg County			(n/a)
	Orangeburg 80	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cope	Orangeburg County			(n/a)
15^th	Pickens 01	PK, KG-12	14	5	5	0	Easley	Pickens County	0.659	17	2
60^th	Richland 01	PK, KG-12	29	9	9	1	Columbia	Richland County	0.295	60
20^th	Richland 02	PK, KG-12	23	4	6	0	Columbia	Richland County	0.586	18	2
49^th	Saluda 01	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Saluda	Saluda County	0.373	49
	School Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe	10-12	0	0	1	0	Mc Cormick	McCormick County			(n/a)
21^st	School Public Charter School District	PK, KG-12	13	3	9	8	Columbia	Richland County	0.581	24	3
8^th	Spartanburg 01	PK, KG-12	5	3	2	0	Campobello	Spartanburg County	0.734	11	3
9^th	Spartanburg 02	PK, KG-12	8	4	2	0	Chesnee	Spartanburg County	0.724	7	2
25^th	Spartanburg 03	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Glendale	Spartanburg County	0.547	21	4
5^th	Spartanburg 04	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Woodruff	Spartanburg County	0.787	4	1
16^th	Spartanburg 05	PK, KG-12	6	4	1	0	Duncan	Spartanburg County	0.655	15	1
42^nd	Spartanburg 06	PK, KG-12	9	3	1	0	Roebuck	Spartanburg County	0.413	46	4
52^nd	Spartanburg 07	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County	0.355	52
	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)
65^th	Sumter 01	PK, KG-12	15	6	4	0	Sumter	Sumter County	0.235	61	4
61^st	Union 01	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Union	Union County	0.288	56	5
73^rd	Williamsburg 01	PK, KG-12	4	3	4	0	Kingstree	Williamsburg County	0.118	75	2
33^rd	York 01	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	0	York	York County	0.494	31	2
2^nd	York 02	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Clover	York County	0.825	2
31^st	York 03	PK, KG-12	18	5	4	0	Rock Hill	York County	0.498	28	3
1^st	York 04	PK, KG-12	11	5	3	0	Fort Mill	York County	0.926	1

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