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J. C. Lynch Elementary

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J. C. Lynch Elementary ranks 334 th of 661 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

334^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 661 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 49% of South Carolina elementary schools

Summary

J. C. Lynch Elementary in Coward, SC, serves 353 students from Pre-K through 6th grade and is part of the Florence 03 school district.

This school is a standout in its district, consistently outperforming its peers across most subjects and grade levels. In the most recent testing cycle, J. C. Lynch beat district averages in 8 of 10 tested areas, with particularly strong results in early grades. For example, 4th grade math proficiency hit 70.4%, compared to a district average of just 34.2%, and 3rd grade ELA reached 67.8% versus the district's 48.7%. The school has also shown remarkable improvement over the past two years, jumping from the 31st percentile statewide in 2023-2024 to the 49th percentile in 2025-2026. This upward trend is especially notable given that the school serves a 100% economically disadvantaged population—it ranks in the 54th percentile statewide for supporting low-income students, earning 3 stars for that subgroup. The school also maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1 and has reduced chronic absenteeism to 21.3%, now below both district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, J. C. Lynch ranks highest among the four comparable elementary schools in Florence 03, ahead of Olanta Elementary and Main Street Elementary. Its early-grade math scores far exceed those of Main Street, where 4th grade proficiency is just 3%. However, the school faces two key challenges: performance drops significantly in 5th and 6th grades (5th grade math falls to 26.4% versus the state's 49.1%), and there is a notable gender gap, with female students ranking in the 63rd percentile statewide while male students rank in the 34th. While Scranton Elementary outperforms J. C. Lynch in 6th grade ELA and science, this school's overall trajectory—spending less per student ($13,662) than several neighbors while achieving better results—makes it a compelling choice for families seeking strong foundational education in the area.

353

Students ?

12.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,662

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

124 Hicks Road
Coward, SC 29530

(843) 389-3323

District: Florence 03

Students who attend J. C. Lynch Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ronald E. McNair Junior High
High:	Lake City High

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.7%

African American:

17.0%

Hispanic:

11.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 44th percentile in 2016 → 49th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Florence 03

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 11 pts below the South Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school52%

District avg39%

South Carolina avg55%

334^th of 661

South Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 49%▲ up 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 44% (2016) to bottom 49% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Elementary Schools in the Florence 03

62^nd of 75Florence 03 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	47.0	334 of 661	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.7	369 of 639	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.8	443 of 643	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.1	406 of 644	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.6	368 of 625	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.6	439 of 622	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.0	436 of 643	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.2	406 of 624	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	43.1	368 of 639	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	45.5	346 of 619	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	41.5	374 of 638	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2014	40.6	408 of 630	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	30.6	472 of 599	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.8	510 of 594	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.8	461 of 597	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	38.5	405 of 589	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	56.1	270 of 580	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	60.7	237 of 577	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2007	52.2	296 of 566	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	51.3	308 of 559	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	39.1	380 of 557	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	52.5	291 of 550	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2003	54.1	274 of 542	49.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	61.4	226 of 599	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	68.7	185 of 580	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.9	374 of 568	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.5	447 of 580	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	383 of 573	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.2	412 of 554	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.2	432 of 588	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.8	359 of 570	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	53.5	293 of 634	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	46.4	320 of 612	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.9	343 of 602	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.3	320 of 608	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.1	297 of 600	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	40.1	360 of 580	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.0	349 of 600	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.5	304 of 588	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	36.2	389 of 591	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	20.2	476 of 585	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	475 of 571	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.8	431 of 582	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	49.1	294 of 579	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.8	393 of 561	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.1	408 of 590	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.3	429 of 571	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	35.9	318 of 463	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.2	336 of 459	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	353 of 446	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	380 of 463	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	371 of 455	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	410 of 439	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	428 of 472	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.9	402 of 457	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2026)62nd percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)54th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)34th percentile-15 vs school

White (2026)31st percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts62%~ state avg

Mathematics47%-3 vs state

Science41%-11 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

This is a wonderful school with wonderful teachers. You'll wish they could stay there until gradution...unfortunately once they finish 5th grade, there is no where for them to go that offers any kind of a decent education...so you'll have to do what I'm doing and move. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)						SC READY Mathematics (2026)						SC READY Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2024)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
J. C. Lynch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	124 Hicks Road	Coward	29530	Florence County	Florence 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 389-3323	353	28	12.7	100.0%	239 (67.7%)	60 (17.0%)	40 (11.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	47	334^th of 661 public elementary schools	49.5%		40.7	369^th of 639 public elementary schools	42.3%	35	67.8	77.3	50.0	47.7			60.7	70.4	26.4	23.8			45.4	35.7	$13,662	$2,126	$1,189	$3,315	$8,839	$1,509	$10,348
Scranton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1649 US 52 Highway	Scranton	29591	Florence County	Florence 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 389-2531	389	28	13.8	100.0%	162 (41.6%)	186 (47.8%)	22 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	45	357^th of 661 public elementary schools	46.0%		36.8	400^th of 639 public elementary schools	37.4%	43	55.2	70.0	60.3	76.5			36.2	38.0	22.4	43.1			36.0	70.6	$13,464	$1,856	$1,093	$2,949	$8,995	$1,520	$10,515
Lake City Early Childhood Center	Public	PK, KG-2	906 North Matthews Road	Lake City	29560	Florence County	Florence 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 374-2353	357	23	15.3	100.0%	14 (3.9%)	319 (89.4%)	11 (3.1%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)								(n/a)															$14,340	$2,440	$1,324	$3,765	$8,954	$1,621	$10,575
Main Street Elementary	Public	3-6	318 East Main Street	Lake City	29560	Florence County	Florence 03	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 374-2221	318	16	19.3	100.0%	6 (1.9%)	295 (92.8%)	12 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	4.1	656^th of 661 public elementary schools	0.8%		16.3	557^th of 639 public elementary schools	12.8%	99	32.3	34.4	29.2	31.5			13.8	3.0	14.6	9.6			11.8	23.3	$14,249	$2,262	$1,237	$3,499	$8,694	$2,056	$10,750
Pee Dee Innovation & Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	2-5	209 Graham Road Bldg 300	Lake City	29560	Florence County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(843) 374-3500	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	24.5	506^th of 661 public elementary schools	23.4%					(n/a)	57.2	53.4					42.9	43.3	30.0				20.0
Dewey-Carter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4937 South Irby Street	Effingham	29541	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8479	606	44	13.7	100.0%	246 (40.6%)	262 (43.2%)	60 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.3%)	52.6	295^th of 661 public elementary schools	55.4%		52.1	295^th of 639 public elementary schools	53.8%		71.0	65.3	53.1				64.0	57.9	33.7				50.5		$13,632	$982	$959	$1,941	$10,252	$1,439	$11,691
Olanta Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	312 North Jones Road	Olanta	29114	Florence County	Florence 03	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 396-4457	198	17	11.6	100.0%	65 (32.8%)	119 (60.1%)	6 (3.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.5%)	19.2	545^th of 661 public elementary schools	17.5%		27.8	464^th of 639 public elementary schools	27.4%	81	31.8	56.0	45.4				31.8	48.0	27.3				24.0		$19,474	$4,108	$1,447	$5,555	$12,093	$1,827	$13,920
Hannah-Pamplico Elementary/Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	2131 South Pamplico Highway	Pamplico	29583	Florence County	Florence 02	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 493-2061	782	52	15.1	100.0%	431 (55.1%)	263 (33.6%)	40 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.0%)	26.3	488^th of 661 public elementary schools	26.2%		31.1	441^st of 639 public elementary schools	31.0%	47	60.7	41.1	52.3	45.0	63.4	51.3	46.3	28.8	35.4	30.4	46.2	20.3	24.6	41.6	$13,438	$1,079	$523	$1,602	$9,137	$2,698	$11,836
Greenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2300 East Howe Springs Road	Florence	29505	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8451	530	39	13.5	100.0%	123 (23.2%)	337 (63.6%)	16 (3.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.9%)	30.2	459^th of 661 public elementary schools	30.6%		31.2	440^th of 639 public elementary schools	31.1%	19	55.9	60.5	48.8				36.9	47.8	26.9				41.3		$14,184	$1,028	$1,335	$2,363	$10,019	$1,801	$11,821
Savannah Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	2348 Savannah Grove Road	Effingham	29541	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8463	385	31	12.4	100.0%	69 (17.9%)	267 (69.4%)	19 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.0%)	40.1	401^st of 661 public elementary schools	39.3%		53.4	285^th of 639 public elementary schools	55.4%	116	56.6	54.3	71.9				48.9	38.6	40.3				50.0		$16,581	$1,045	$1,569	$2,614	$12,226	$1,741	$13,967

Frequently Asked Questions about J. C. Lynch Elementary

What district is J. C. Lynch Elementary in?

Florence 03

What schools do graduates of J. C. Lynch Elementary attend?

Students who attend J. C. Lynch Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Ronald E. McNair Junior High
High : Lake City High

What is the racial makeup of J. C. Lynch Elementary?

Students at J. C. Lynch Elementary are 68% White, 17% African American, 11% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

Is J. C. Lynch Elementary a good school?

J. C. Lynch Elementary ranks 334^th of 661 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend J. C. Lynch Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 353 students attended J. C. Lynch Elementary.

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