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The fastest-growing public schools in Richland County, South Carolina

31 public schools in Richland County, South Carolina appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center leads the list at 75.9%, against a median of 8.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Richland County, South Carolina

Top Enrollment growth

75.9%

Median Enrollment growth

8.2%

FASTEST GROWING · RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center	Columbia, SC	Dept of Juvenile Justice	237	417	75.9%
2	Langford Elementary	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	451	631	39.9%
3	Watkins-Nance Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	385	499	29.6%
4	Pontiac Elementary	Elgin, SC	Richland 02	714	880	23.2%
5	Chapin Middle	Chapin, SC	Lexington 05	835	1,007	20.6%
6	Westwood High	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	1,476	1,743	18.1%
7	Bookman Road Elementary	Elgin, SC	Richland 02	459	535	16.6%
8	Muller Road Middle	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	1,067	1,242	16.4%
9	Ridge View High	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	1,444	1,631	13.0%
10	Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	471	531	12.7%
11	Caughman Road Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	652	715	9.7%
12	Columbia High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	622	681	9.5%
13	Blythewood High	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	1,986	2,164	9.0%
14	Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Campus	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	480	523	9.0%
15	Forest Lake Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	601	652	8.5%
16	W. G. Sanders Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	465	503	8.2%
17	Spring Valley High	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	2,081	2,230	7.2%
18	Spring Hill High	Chapin, SC	Lexington 05	1,059	1,118	5.6%
19	Catawba Trail Elementary	Elgin, SC	Richland 02	602	636	5.6%
20	Blythewood Middle	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	834	872	4.6%
21	Round Top Elementary	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	561	581	3.6%
22	Longleaf Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	770	796	3.4%
23	Sandlapper Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	650	671	3.2%
24	Eau Claire High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	527	542	2.8%
25	Lower Richland High	Hopkins, SC	Richland 01	1,194	1,218	2.0%
26	Carver-Lyon Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	410	417	1.7%
27	Dreher High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	1,126	1,144	1.6%
28	Bridge Creek Elementary	Elgin, SC	Richland 02	555	564	1.6%
29	Kelly Mill Middle	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	969	979	1.0%
30	W.J. Keenan High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	670	675	0.7%
31	Bethel-Hanberry Elementary	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	708	711	0.4%

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