Best Public Schools in Zip Code 29591

Summary:

The 29591 zip code has only one school, Scranton Elementary, a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 with 386 students. Scranton Elementary is part of the Florence 03 school district, which is ranked 60 out of 75 districts in South Carolina and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Scranton Elementary's performance has been declining over the past three years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 314 out of 644 schools in 2022-2023 to 401 out of 640 schools in 2024-2025, and its rating decreasing from 3 stars to 2 stars during this time. The school has high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 22.5% of students chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year. Scranton Elementary's test scores are mixed, with the school outperforming the district and state in some grade levels for English Language Arts, but underperforming in others, as well as in Math and Science.

Scranton Elementary serves a high-poverty student population, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school spends more per student than the state average, but has a lower student-teacher ratio. These findings suggest that Scranton Elementary faces significant challenges in serving its high-poverty student population and improving academic outcomes, and may require targeted interventions and support to address the declining performance and high chronic absenteeism rates.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)				SC READY Mathematics (2025)				SC READY Science (2025)		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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th 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
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		162 (41.6%)	186 (47.8%)	22 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	36.8	401^st of 640 public elementary schools	37.3%		47	343^rd of 638 public elementary schools	46.2%	58	64.2	54.3	73.1	45.0	50.9	27.2	44.2	25.0	30.5	27.5	$13,464	$1,856	$1,093	$2,949	$8,995	$1,520	$10,515

Cities Near Zip Code 29591

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Scranton	0.37 mi	1	133^rd
Lake City	2.24 mi	5	185^th
Coward	3.81 mi	1	114^th
Olanta	10.98 mi	1	157^th
Pamplico	11.19 mi	2	113^th

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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.

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