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
201	Polaris Technical Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1508 Grays Hwy	Ridgeland	29936	Jasper County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 645-0605	514	44	11.6		92 (17.9%)	269 (52.3%)	144 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$11,890	$1,338	$164	$1,502	$6,937	$3,451	$10,388	17.2	2.9	232	31		450390101781
202	Bethune-Bowman Middle/High	Public	6-12	4857 Charleston Highway	Rowesville	29133	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 516-6011	349	25	14		18 (5.2%)	269 (77.1%)	57 (16.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$15,558	$1,764	$1,521	$3,285	$10,428	$1,845	$12,273	16.7	6.6	227	25		450391000850
203	Saluda High	Public	9-12	160 Ivory Key Road	Saluda	29138	Saluda County	Saluda 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 445-3011	714	43	16.6		215 (30.1%)	159 (22.3%)	319 (44.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.4%)	$11,923	$974	$929	$1,903	$9,000	$1,020	$10,020	16.2	20.3	193	10		450346000982
204	Newberry High	Public	9-12	3113 Main Street	Newberry	29018	Newberry County	Newberry 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 321-2621	837	53	15.8		155 (18.5%)	376 (44.9%)	273 (32.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.3%)	$14,242	$927	$746	$1,673	$10,193	$2,376	$12,570	16.1	20.3	192	12		450303001285
205	Richland Northeast High	Public, Magnet	9-12	7500 Brookfield Road	Columbia	29223	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 699-2800	1,340	101	13.3		112 (8.4%)	857 (64.0%)	296 (22.1%)	19 (1.4%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	50 (3.7%)	$16,712	$1,045	$593	$1,638	$11,424	$3,651	$15,075	15.8	13.3	211	6		450339001312
206	Allendale-Fairfax High	Public	9-12	3581 Allendale-Fairfax Highway	Fairfax	29827	Allendale County	Allendale 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 584-2311	252	32	7.8		12 (4.8%)	233 (92.5%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$24,197	$3,242	$1,868	$5,110	$13,285	$5,802	$19,087	15.8	8.3	220	14		450075000064
207	Gaffney High	Public	9-12	149 Twin Lake Road	Gaffney	29341	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 206-2000	1,827	103	17.7		949 (51.9%)	546 (29.9%)	262 (14.3%)	23 (1.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (2.5%)	$4,461	$1,109	$594	$1,703	$1,890	$869	$2,758	15.5	16	203	4		450150000285
208	R. B. Stall High	Public	9-12	3625 Ashley Phosphate Road	North Charleston	29418	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 764-2200	2,135	138	15.4		149 (7.0%)	848 (39.7%)	1,030 (48.2%)	22 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	80 (3.7%)	$18,862	$3,975	$1,544	$5,519	$10,091	$3,252	$13,343	15.2	14.3	208			450144000265
209	Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High	Public	6-12	7066 Norway Road	Neeses	29107	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 263-4832	220	17	12.8		33 (15.0%)	180 (81.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$19,181	$1,403	$1,582	$2,986	$13,866	$2,329	$16,195	14.9	13.2	212	3		450391000196
210	McCormick High	Public	9-12	6981 SC Highway 28 South	Mc Cormick	29835	McCormick County	McCormick 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 443-0040	192	19	10.1		33 (17.2%)	152 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)	$30,999	$60	$78	$139	$23,225	$7,636	$30,860	14.7	11.1	215	5		450300000804

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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.