Best High Schools in South Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOCEP test scores by the South Carolina Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

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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
161	Hartsville High	Public, Magnet	9-12	701 Lewellyn Avenue	Hartsville	29550	Darlington County	Darlington 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 383-3130	1,129	74	15.2		449 (39.8%)	476 (42.2%)	89 (7.9%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (9.5%)	$17,053	$1,133	$954	$2,086	$12,825	$2,142	$14,967	31.8	36.1	145	16		450186000370
162	Aiken High	Public	9-12	449 Rutland Drive	Aiken	29801	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 641-2500	1,097	78	14		430 (39.2%)	501 (45.7%)	108 (9.8%)	9 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.3%)	$13,738	$712	$502	$1,214	$10,807	$1,718	$12,524	31.8	38	139	23		450072000046
163	Camden High	Public	9-12	1022 Ehrenclou Road	Camden	29020	Kershaw County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 425-8930	1,136	71	16		502 (44.2%)	435 (38.3%)	143 (12.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (4.6%)	$11,908	$569	$686	$1,256	$8,710	$1,943	$10,653	31.7	44	122	41		450255000667
164	School Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	201 Executive Center Drive Sui	Columbia	29210	Lexington County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	Yes	No	(803) 212-4712	6,152	268	22.9		3,858 (62.7%)	1,255 (20.4%)	526 (8.6%)	33 (0.5%)	26 (0.4%)	8 (0.1%)	446 (7.2%)	$8,987	$494	$01	$494	$3,154	$5,338	$8,492	31.5	42.2	127	37		450390901520
165	Lancaster High	Public	9-12	625 Woodland Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 283-2001	1,390	88	15.8		348 (25.0%)	677 (48.7%)	303 (21.8%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (3.9%)	$12,645	$1,000	$283	$1,283	$9,255	$2,108	$11,363	30.8	17.2	198	33		450258000691
166	Ware Shoals High	Public	9-12	56 South Greenwood Avenue	Ware Shoals	29692	Greenwood County	Greenwood 51	No	No	No	No	(864) 456-7923	265	21	12.6		179 (67.5%)	50 (18.9%)	16 (6.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.2%)		$84,707	$36,116	$120,823				30.6	29.2	166			450237000601
167	Calhoun County High	Public	9-12	150 Saints Avenue	Saint Matthews	29135	Calhoun County	Calhoun 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 874-3071	397	31	12.8		90 (22.7%)	260 (65.5%)	44 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	$19,860	$2,630	$573	$3,203	$13,105	$3,553	$16,658	29.8	32	156	11		450125000187
168	Southside High	Public, Magnet	9-12	6630 Frontage at White Horse R	Greenville	29605	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 355-8700	1,075	69	15.6		121 (11.3%)	526 (48.9%)	350 (32.6%)	22 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (5.0%)	$13,571	$842	$630	$1,472	$11,076	$1,022	$12,098	29.3	32.6	151	17		450231000572
169	Westside High	Public	9-12	806 Pearman Dairy Road	Anderson	29625	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	No	No	No	(864) 260-5260	1,687	97	17.3		608 (36.0%)	649 (38.5%)	286 (17.0%)	14 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	128 (7.6%)	$12,139	$695	$933	$1,628	$8,936	$1,574	$10,511	29.1	24	179	10		450090000113
170	Greenwood High	Public	9-12	1816 Cokesbury Road	Greenwood	29649	Greenwood County	Greenwood 50	No	No	No	No	(864) 941-5600	1,724	97	17.8		605 (35.1%)	684 (39.7%)	317 (18.4%)	25 (1.5%)	29 (1.7%)	4 (0.2%)	60 (3.5%)	$13,232	$1,499	$596	$2,094	$9,693	$1,445	$11,137	29	26.2	176	6		450234000596

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About our rankings:

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.