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South Carolina: the counties with the most public school students

44 counties

South Carolina counties ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 8,542.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
1Greenville CountySC10389,86389,863
2Lexington CountySC7464,55564,555
3Richland CountySC9860,41060,410
4Spartanburg CountySC8558,47758,477
5Charleston CountySC9255,93355,933
6York CountySC6752,36452,364
7Horry CountySC5849,63949,639
8Berkeley CountySC4940,96640,966
9Anderson CountySC5534,80634,806
10Dorchester CountySC3429,83229,832
11Aiken CountySC4124,28024,280
12Beaufort CountySC3522,96822,968
13Florence CountySC3721,64121,641
14Pickens CountySC2616,86616,866
15Lancaster CountySC2215,41715,417
16Sumter CountySC2614,60814,608
17Orangeburg CountySC3011,50711,507
18Kershaw CountySC1711,24711,247
19Greenwood CountySC2010,77110,771
20Oconee CountySC169,9789,978
21Darlington CountySC209,4829,482
22Laurens CountySC188,6818,681
23Cherokee CountySC168,4028,402
24Georgetown CountySC198,2088,208
25Chesterfield CountySC166,8726,872
26Dillon CountySC116,1566,156
27Newberry CountySC135,7145,714
28Colleton CountySC84,5394,539
29Chester CountySC114,5234,523
30Clarendon CountySC114,4234,423
31Barnwell CountySC144,3004,300
32Jasper CountySC84,1944,194
33Edgefield CountySC103,8623,862
34Marion CountySC93,6333,633
35Union CountySC63,5423,542
36Marlboro CountySC73,3803,380
37Saluda CountySC62,9352,935
38Abbeville CountySC92,9052,905
39Williamsburg CountySC102,7942,794
40Fairfield CountySC82,4092,409
41Hampton CountySC92,2722,272
42Bamberg CountySC61,8171,817
43Lee CountySC71,4851,485
44Calhoun CountySC31,4651,465

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