Best High Schools in South Carolina

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 222)	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	Average Standard Score (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
450186000190	1	Mayo High For Math Science & Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	405 Chestnut Street	Darlington	29532	Darlington	Darlington 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 398-2650	280	19	14.7	100.0%	141 (50.4%)	116 (41.4%)	5 (1.8%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	94	96.6	1		R5
450144000168	2	Academic Magnet High	Public, Magnet	9-12	5109-A West Enterprise Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 746-1300	655	38	17.1	3.1%	511 (78.0%)	24 (3.7%)	32 (4.9%)	61 (9.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.0%)	93.1	92.3	2		R5
450144000083	3	Charleston School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	5109-B West Enterprise Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 529-4990	1,112	74	14.9	12.2%	793 (71.3%)	152 (13.7%)	52 (4.7%)	59 (5.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (4.7%)	88	88.4	3		R5
450390100460	4	Greenville Technical Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	506 Pleasantburg Drive #119	Greenville	29607	Greenville	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 250-8944	430	29	15	5.8%	246 (57.2%)	81 (18.8%)	74 (17.2%)	26 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	87.7			(n/a)	R5
450390001156	5	Fort Mill High	Public	9-12	215 North Highway 21 ByPass	Fort Mill	29715	York	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-1900	2,362	139	17	11.2%	1,845 (78.1%)	205 (8.7%)	152 (6.4%)	78 (3.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (3.4%)	85.5	86.3	5		R5
450390901663	6	Oceanside Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	580 Faison Rd.	Mount Pleasant	29466	Charleston	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 936-7128	631	18	35.8	7.0%	536 (84.9%)	51 (8.1%)	22 (3.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	84.7			(n/a)	R5
450111000420	7	H. E. McCracken Middle	Public	6-12	250 H. E. McCracken Circle	Bluffton	29910	Beaufort	Beaufort 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 706-8700	787	50	15.8	37.4%	405 (51.5%)	95 (12.1%)	239 (30.4%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (4.6%)	84.3			(n/a)	R5
450249001531	8	HCS Early College High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2050 Highway 501 East HGTC	Conway	29528	Horry	Horry 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 349-3131	395	21	18.8	62.0%	186 (47.1%)	107 (27.1%)	68 (17.2%)	6 (1.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.1%)	82.4	88.1	4	4	R5
450390001103	9	Nation Ford High	Public	9-12	1400 AO Jones Boulevard	Fort Mill	29715	York	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 396-9902	2,202	132	16.7	16.5%	1,513 (68.7%)	293 (13.3%)	212 (9.6%)	88 (4.0%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	89 (4.0%)	81.5	75.2	12	3	R5
450282001170	10	Chapin High	Public	9-12	300 Columbia Avenue	Chapin	29036	Lexington	Lexington 05	No	No	No	No	(803) 575-5400	1,478	83	17.8	14.3%	1,256 (85.0%)	81 (5.5%)	72 (4.9%)	22 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	44 (3.0%)	80.4	77.9	10		R5

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These rankings were last updated on October 1, 2019, 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.
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