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South Carolina: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

42 counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two public school students picked at random from the county belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 61.7%.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Beaufort CountySC3522,96869.6%
2Berkeley CountySC4940,96668.8%
3Newberry CountySC135,71467.9%
4Greenville CountySC10389,86367.1%
5Dorchester CountySC3429,83267.1%
6Aiken CountySC4124,28066.9%
7Saluda CountySC62,93566.1%
8Greenwood CountySC2010,77165.5%
9Lancaster CountySC2215,41765.4%
10Chester CountySC114,52365.0%
11Charleston CountySC9255,93364.9%
12Chesterfield CountySC166,87264.4%
13York CountySC6752,36463.9%
14Spartanburg CountySC8558,47763.8%
15Darlington CountySC209,48263.0%
16Edgefield CountySC103,86262.8%
17Kershaw CountySC1711,24762.6%
18Laurens CountySC188,68162.5%
19Colleton CountySC84,53962.5%
20Horry CountySC5849,63962.4%
21Lexington CountySC7464,55562.2%
22Florence CountySC3721,64161.2%
23Union CountySC63,54260.7%
24Georgetown CountySC198,20859.9%
25Richland CountySC9860,41059.1%
26Marlboro CountySC73,38058.6%
27Cherokee CountySC168,40258.3%
28Jasper CountySC84,19457.9%
29Clarendon CountySC114,42356.3%
30Anderson CountySC5534,80655.9%
31Calhoun CountySC31,46555.7%
32Sumter CountySC2614,60853.5%
33Abbeville CountySC92,90552.6%
34Hampton CountySC92,27251.0%
35Bamberg CountySC61,81750.6%
36Oconee CountySC169,97847.0%
37Pickens CountySC2616,86644.2%
38Orangeburg CountySC3011,50741.0%
39Marion CountySC93,63339.8%
40Fairfield CountySC82,40937.2%
41Williamsburg CountySC102,79420.3%
42Lee CountySC71,48519.9%

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