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Fastest-growing South Carolina public schools, 2017-2024

South Carolina public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Philip Simmons High	Charleston	Berkeley 01	217	797	267%
2	Bridges Preparatory School	Beaufort	SC Public Charter School District	664	1,472	122%
3	Reidville Elementary	Reidville	Spartanburg 05	344	712	107%
4	C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art	Charleston	Charleston 01	664	1,299	95.6%
5	Herbert A. Wood Elementary	West Columbia	Lexington 02	493	938	90.3%
6	Angel Oak Elementary	Johns Island	Charleston 01	439	828	88.6%
7	Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill	Simpsonville	Greenville 01	863	1,621	87.8%
8	Indian Land High	Lancaster	Lancaster 01	1,055	1,905	80.6%
9	SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center	Columbia	Dept of Juvenile Justice	237	417	75.9%
10	Philip Simmons Middle	Wando	Berkeley 01	270	473	75.2%
11	B. D. Lee Elementary	Gaffney	Cherokee 01	348	603	73.3%
12	Carolina Voyager Charter	Charleston	Charleston 01	243	402	65.4%
13	Matilda F. Dunston Elementary	North Charleston	Charleston 01	345	569	64.9%
14	Cannons Elementary	Spartanburg	Spartanburg 03	245	389	58.8%
15	Ocean Bay Middle	Myrtle Beach	Horry 01	505	801	58.6%
16	Boiling Springs High	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg 02	1,752	2,772	58.2%
17	Sand Hill Elementary	Summerville	Dorchester 02	745	1,169	56.9%
18	Ellen Woodside Elementary	Pelzer	Greenville 01	686	1,071	56.1%
19	Philip Simmons Elementary	Wando	Berkeley 01	345	535	55.1%
20	Gaffney Middle	Gaffney	Cherokee 01	555	851	53.3%
21	Dorman High	Roebuck	Spartanburg 06	2,558	3,920	53.2%
22	Riverwalk Academy	Rock Hill	SC Public Charter School District	493	755	53.1%
23	Crowders Creek Elementary	Clover	York 02	745	1,104	48.2%
24	R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy	Sumter	Sumter 01	265	391	47.5%
25	Southside High	Greenville	Greenville 01	736	1,075	46.1%
26	Fountain Inn Elementary	Fountain Inn	Greenville 01	728	1,055	44.9%
27	Cane Bay Middle	Summerville	Berkeley 01	1,018	1,464	43.8%
28	Delmae Heights Elementary	Florence	Florence 01	687	988	43.8%
29	Pendleton Elementary	Pendleton	Anderson 04	385	547	42.1%
30	R. B. Stall High	North Charleston	Charleston 01	1,504	2,135	42.0%
31	Lambs Elementary	North Charleston	Charleston 01	409	580	41.8%
32	May River High	Bluffton	Beaufort 01	1,223	1,731	41.5%
33	Moultrie Middle	Mount Pleasant	Charleston 01	800	1,130	41.3%
34	East Point Academy	1043 Chris Drive	SC Public Charter School District	514	724	40.9%
35	Carolina Park Elementary	Mt. Pleasant	Charleston 01	663	931	40.4%
36	Stratford High	Goose Creek	Berkeley 01	1,855	2,605	40.4%
37	Ten Oaks Middle	Myrtle Beach	Horry 01	901	1,264	40.3%
38	Langford Elementary	Blythewood	Richland 02	451	631	39.9%
39	Ocean Bay Elementary	Myrtle Beach	Horry 01	845	1,181	39.8%
40	Rainbow Lake Middle	Chesnee	Spartanburg 02	696	973	39.8%
41	Central Academy of the Arts	Central	Pickens 01	358	499	39.4%
42	Robert E. Cashion Elementary	Greenville	Greenville 01	699	964	37.9%
43	Woodmont Middle	Piedmont	Greenville 01	659	904	37.2%
44	Wellford Academy of Science and Technology	Wellford	Spartanburg 05	478	654	36.8%
45	Memminger Elementary	Charleston	Charleston 01	321	438	36.4%
46	Lesslie Elementary	Rock Hill	York 03	338	461	36.4%
47	North Charleston High	North Charleston	Charleston 01	609	829	36.1%
48	Waterway Elementary	Little River	Horry 01	670	912	36.1%
49	James B. Edwards Elementary	Mt. Pleasant	Charleston 01	568	767	35.0%
50	Mullins High	Mullins	Marion 10	417	557	33.6%

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