Best High Schools in South Carolina

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 235)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
71	Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (PALM)	Public, Charter	9-12	826 West Cox Ferry Road	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 903-6600	195	13	15		167 (85.6%)	5 (2.6%)	14 (7.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	$17,355	$1,001	$161	$1,162	$10,296	$5,897	$16,193	62.2	48	108	37		450249001595
72	Whitmire Community School (High)	Public	6-12	2597 SC Highway 66	Whitmire	29178	Newberry County	Newberry 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 694-2320	264	23	11.5		179 (67.8%)	47 (17.8%)	8 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.2%)	$19,989	$876	$1,478	$2,354	$14,811	$2,824	$17,635	62.1	59.8	77	5		450303000820
73	Hemingway High	Public	9-12	402 South Main Street	Hemingway	29554	Williamsburg County	Williamsburg 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 558-9413	189	17	11.1		12 (6.3%)	171 (90.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$24,748	$3,220	$2,553	$5,773	$15,875	$3,101	$18,975	61.7	41.5	129	56		450378001108
74	Woodruff High	Public	9-12	710 Cross Anchor Highway	Woodruff	29388	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 04	No	No	No	No	(864) 476-7045	844	49	17.3		499 (59.1%)	124 (14.7%)	144 (17.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (8.5%)	$13,021	$798	$672	$1,469	$9,437	$2,115	$11,552	61.6	65.5	58	16		450357001015
75	West Ashley High	Public	9-12	4060 West Wildcat Boulevard	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 573-1201	2,069	126	16.4		947 (45.8%)	722 (34.9%)	223 (10.8%)	35 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.5%)	131 (6.3%)	$18,411	$3,288	$1,714	$5,002	$10,600	$2,810	$13,410	60.6	60.3	74	1		450144000548
76	Ninety Six High School	Public	9-12	640 South Cambridge Street	Ninety Six	29666	Greenwood County	Greenwood 52	No	No	No	No	(864) 543-2911	423	30	14.2		299 (70.7%)	88 (20.8%)	18 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	$13,763	$774	$1,323	$2,097	$9,281	$2,385	$11,666	60.5	61.9	71	5		450240000604
77	Andrew Jackson High	Public	9-12	6925 Kershaw-Camden Highway	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 475-2381	557	49	11.4		375 (67.3%)	127 (22.8%)	19 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.9%)	$15,668	$363	$136	$499	$12,183	$2,986	$15,169	59.9	49.5	101	24		450258000688
78	York Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1047 Golden Gate Court	Rock Hill	29732	York County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 324-4400	1,672	107	15.6		1,168 (69.9%)	290 (17.3%)	78 (4.7%)	22 (1.3%)	12 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	102 (6.1%)	$11,308	$1,138	$345	$1,483	$7,954	$1,871	$9,825	59.8	66.4	56	22		450390101544
79	Walhalla High	Public	9-12	4701 North Highway 11	Walhalla	29691	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4490	1,118	66	16.9		857 (76.7%)	15 (1.3%)	209 (18.7%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.8%)	$13,969	$557	$388	$945	$10,522	$2,501	$13,023	59.7	63.7	66	13		450306000842
80	Dreher High	Public	9-12	3319 Millwood Avenue	Columbia	29205	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 253-7000	1,144	78	14.7		387 (33.8%)	560 (49.0%)	103 (9.0%)	20 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	71 (6.2%)	$18,263	$1,246	$1,102	$2,347	$13,403	$2,512	$15,916	59.5	58.6	80			450336000950

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2, EOCEP English 1, EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution, EOCEP English 2 test scores released by the South Carolina Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 2, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Carolina Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the South Carolina Department of Education.
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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.