Best Elementary Schools in South Carolina for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in South Carolina!

Every year, the South Carolina Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish South Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SC READY 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 613)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Fairfield Magnet for Math and Science	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	1647 US Highway 321 Bypass Nor	Winnsboro	29180	Fairfield County	Fairfield 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 635-4810	188	20	9.4		27 (14.4%)	141 (75.0%)	13 (6.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	$24,046	$2,244	$1,782	$4,025	$16,941	$3,080	$20,021	99.8%	93.1%	6.71%			450210001448
2	Tigerville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Tigerville Elementary Schoo	Taylors	29687	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-4600	268	22	12.1		230 (85.8%)	5 (1.9%)	18 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.2%)	$16,101	$1,269	$714	$1,983	$13,151	$967	$14,118	99.7%	99.2%	0.45%			450231000533
3	Hodges Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4717 Main Street	Hodges	29653	Greenwood County	Greenwood 50	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 374-5000	349	27	13		260 (74.5%)	52 (14.9%)	18 (5.2%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	$16,097	$3,193	$836	$4,030	$10,893	$1,174	$12,067	99.5%	96.4%	3.10%			450234000591
4	Belle Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	385 Egypt Road	Mount Pleasant	29464	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 849-2841	649	38	17.3		521 (80.3%)	63 (9.7%)	28 (4.3%)	20 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	$17,585	$3,232	$1,248	$4,480	$10,910	$2,195	$13,105	99.3%	99.5%	0.18%			450144001438
5	La France Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	550 Williams Street	Pendleton	29670	Anderson County	Anderson 04	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 403-2300	450	31	14.5		336 (74.7%)	46 (10.2%)	29 (6.4%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.6%)	$14,091	$1,023	$1,045	$2,069	$10,133	$1,889	$12,022	99.2%	95.3%	3.87%			450087000090
6	Lake Murray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Wise Ferry Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-3100	813	60	13.5		611 (75.2%)	64 (7.9%)	37 (4.6%)	55 (6.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.2%)	$14,296	$1,010	$368	$1,378	$11,640	$1,278	$12,918	99.0%	95.5%	3.55%			450270000476
7	Skyland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4221 Highway 14 North	Greer	29651	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-7200	760	46	16.4		608 (80.0%)	32 (4.2%)	82 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.9%)	$12,294	$1,172	$540	$1,713	$9,991	$591	$10,582	98.9%	95.9%	2.92%			450231000528
8	Monarch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	224 Five Forks Road	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-0600	870	52	16.6		594 (68.3%)	85 (9.8%)	101 (11.6%)	39 (4.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (5.4%)	$11,334	$1,161	$531	$1,692	$8,991	$651	$9,642	98.7%	97.3%	1.35%			450231001593
9	Mt. Lebanon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2850 Lebanon Road	Pendleton	29670	Anderson County	Anderson 04	No	No	No	No	(864) 403-2400	459	35	13.1		378 (82.4%)	28 (6.1%)	27 (5.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$14,399	$775	$984	$1,759	$10,865	$1,775	$12,640	98.5%	94.8%	3.69%			450087001492
10	Wright Elementary	Public	K-5	1136 Wright School Road	Belton	29627	Anderson County	Anderson 02	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 296-1776	193	14	13.6		156 (80.8%)	7 (3.6%)	11 (5.7%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.3%)	$15,345	$2,582	$783	$3,366	$10,233	$1,746	$11,979	98.4%	94.1%	4.31%			450081000081

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SC READY English Language Arts, SC READY Mathematics, SC READY Science 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.