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Top 10 Elementary Schools in South Carolina

Rank	School	City
1^st	Buist Academy	Charleston
2^nd	Augusta Circle Elementary	Greenville
3^rd	Belle Hall Elementary	Mount Pleasant
4^th	Sterling School	Greenville
5^th	Stiles Point Elementary	Charleston
6^th	Sullivan's Island Elementary	Sullivans Island
7^th	Tigerville Elementary	Taylors
8^th	Mt. Pleasant Academy	Mount Pleasant
9^th	Kings Town Elementary	Fort Mill
10^th	Daniel Island School	Charleston

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Top 10 Middle Schools in South Carolina

Rank	School	City
1^st	Sterling School	Greenville
2^nd	Buist Academy	Charleston
3^rd	East Link Academy	Greenville
4^th	Montessori Community School	Charleston
5^th	Charleston School of the Arts	North Charleston
6^th	Langston Charter Middle	Greenville
7^th	Rollings Middle School of the Arts	Summerville
8^th	Thomas C. Cario Middle	Mount Pleasant
9^th	Orange Grove Charter School	Charleston
10^th	Gold Hill Middle	Tega Cay

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Top 10 High Schools in South Carolina

Rank	School	City
1^st	HCS Scholars Academy High	Conway
2^nd	Academic Magnet High	North Charleston
3^rd	Mayo High For Math Science & Technology	Darlington
4^th	Aiken Scholars Academy	Aiken
5^th	HCS Early College High	Conway
6^th	Brashier Middle College Charter High	Simpsonville
7^th	Greer Middle College Charter High	Taylors
8^th	Charleston School of the Arts	North Charleston
9^th	Greenville Technical Charter High School	Greenville
10^th	Fort Mill High	Fort Mill

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District Name	Number of Schools	SC South Carolina District Rank	City	County
Greenville 01	96	11^th	Greenville	Greenville County
Charleston 01	84	22^nd	Charleston	Charleston County
School Public Charter School District	60	31^st	Columbia	Richland County
Horry 01	59	9^th	Conway	Horry County
Richland 01	48	55^th	Columbia	Richland County
Berkeley 01	46	32^nd	Moncks Corner	Berkeley County
Aiken 01	42	37^th	Aiken	Aiken County
Beaufort 01	33	28^th	Beaufort	Beaufort County
Charter Institute at Erskine	33	43^rd	Columbia	Richland County
Richland 02	32	36^th	Columbia	Richland County

District Name	Number of Schools	SC South Carolina District Rank	City	County
York 04	21	1^st	Fort Mill	York County
Anderson 01	14	2^nd	Williamston	Anderson County
York 02	10	3^rd	Clover	York County
Anderson 04	6	4^th	Pendleton	Anderson County
Anderson 03	5	5^th	Iva	Anderson County
Anderson 02	7	6^th	Honea Path	Anderson County
Spartanburg 02	14	7^th	Chesnee	Spartanburg County
Greenwood 52	4	8^th	Ninety Six	Greenwood County
Horry 01	59	9^th	Conway	Horry County
Spartanburg 03	5	10^th	Spartanburg	Spartanburg County

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Cities in South Carolina

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Top 10 SC South Carolina Cities

City	Number of Schools	SC South Carolina City Rank
Columbia	117	150^th
Greenville	100	76^th
Charleston	60	43^rd
Spartanburg	46	109^th
North Charleston	44	139^th
Rock Hill	41	89^th
Myrtle Beach	38	44^th
Summerville	37	78^th
Orangeburg	34	194^th
Anderson	34	95^th

City	Number of Schools	SC South Carolina City Rank
Sullivans Island	1	1^st
Mount Pleasant	32	2^nd
Tega Cay	3	3^rd
Hodges	1	4^th
Indian Land	4	5^th
Clemson	2	6^th
Fort Mill	23	7^th
North Myrtle Beach	4	8^th
Branchville	4	9^th
Mauldin	5	10^th

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