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
181	Manning High	Public	9-12	2155 Paxville Highway	Manning	29102	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 435-4417	741	38	19.6		175 (23.6%)	497 (67.1%)	44 (5.9%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.6%)	$12,859	$1,730	$765	$2,495	$8,774	$1,591	$10,365	25.5	20.6	189	8		450391500327
182	Sumter High School	Public	9-12	2580 McCrays Mill Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 481-4480	2,122	125	17		544 (25.6%)	1,326 (62.5%)	156 (7.4%)	40 (1.9%)	4 (0.2%)	6 (0.3%)	46 (2.2%)	$13,332	$930	$1,022	$1,952	$9,716	$1,664	$11,380	24.2	21.5	184	2		450390201065
183	School Whitmore School	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	501 Commerce Drive NE	Columbia	29223	Richland County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(803) 476-6416	431	15	28.7		309 (71.7%)	81 (18.8%)	26 (6.0%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$8,616	$246	$450	$695	$6,020	$1,900	$7,920	23.4	26.8	175	8		450390101581
184	Lake City High	Public	9-12	652 North Matthews Road	Lake City	29560	Florence County	Florence 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 374-3321	492	35	13.9		63 (12.8%)	393 (79.9%)	27 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$18,544	$1,294	$1,438	$2,732	$11,810	$4,001	$15,811	22.9	22.1	182	2		450219000458
185	Brookland-Cayce High	Public	9-12	1300 State Street	Cayce	29033	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 791-5000	1,212	99	12.2		310 (25.6%)	392 (32.3%)	405 (33.4%)	48 (4.0%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (4.2%)	$13,658	$381	$982	$1,363	$9,694	$2,601	$12,295	22.8	20.5	191	6		450273000742
186	Lakewood High	Public	9-12	350 Old Manning Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 506-2700	1,013	58	17.4		302 (29.8%)	596 (58.8%)	62 (6.1%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	41 (4.0%)	$13,280	$942	$1,175	$2,117	$9,334	$1,828	$11,162	22.8	7.6	225	39		450390200223
187	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		520 (50.8%)	362 (35.4%)	45 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (9.2%)	$12,963	$854	$1,515	$2,369	$9,047	$1,547	$10,594	22.3	31.9	158	29		450375001092
188	Lower Richland High	Public	9-12	2615 Lower Richland Boulevard	Hopkins	29061	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 695-3000	1,218	90	13.5		77 (6.3%)	989 (81.2%)	87 (7.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (4.8%)	$17,494	$1,173	$1,118	$2,291	$12,771	$2,432	$15,204	22.2	16.4	202	14		450336000955
189	Timberland High	Public	9-12	1418 Gravel Hill Road	Saint Stephen	29479	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 567-8110	718	44	16.3		346 (48.2%)	301 (41.9%)	30 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.0%)	$16,643	$1,032	$1,156	$2,188	$12,134	$2,320	$14,455	20.5	22.7	180	9		450117000160
190	McBee High	Public	6-12	264 East Pine Avenue	Mc Bee	29101	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 335-8251	577	47	12.2		402 (69.7%)	85 (14.7%)	66 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	$13,438	$906	$795	$1,701	$9,739	$1,998	$11,736	20.1	47.6	112	78		450156000317

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.