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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in South Carolina

This ranking covers the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in South Carolina, drawn from 216 qualifying public high schools. Burke High leads the list at 5.6:1, against a median of 15.8:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

216

South Carolina

Best Students/teacher

5.6:1

Median Students/teacher

15.8:1

LOWEST RATIO · SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Burke High	Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	High	342	5.6:1
2	Lee Central High	Bishopville, SC	Lee 01	High	402	7.2:1
3	Allendale-Fairfax High	Fairfax, SC	Allendale 01	High	252	7.9:1
4	Military Magnet Academy	North Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	High	393	8.7:1
5	Baptist Hill High	Hollywood, SC	Charleston 01	High	507	9.0:1
6	C. A. Johnson High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	High	344	9.1:1
7	North Middle/High	North, SC	Orangeburg	High	227	9.2:1
8	North Charleston High	North Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	High	829	9.2:1
9	Allegro Charter School of Music	North Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	High	250	9.3:1
10	Cross High	Cross, SC	Berkeley 01	High	273	9.4:1
11	Wagener-Salley High	Wagener, SC	Aiken 01	High	245	9.4:1
12	Whale Branch Early College High	Seabrook, SC	Beaufort 01	High	390	9.5:1
13	Andrews High	Andrews, SC	Georgetown 01	High	471	10.7:1
14	Great Falls High	Great Falls, SC	Chester 01	High	375	10.7:1
15	Batesburg-Leesville High School	Batesburg-Leesville, SC	Lexington 03	High	545	11.3:1
16	Andrew Jackson High	Kershaw, SC	Lancaster 01	High	557	11.4:1
17	Pelion High	Pelion, SC	Lexington 01	High	718	11.4:1
18	St. Johns High	Johns Island, SC	Charleston 01	High	390	11.5:1
19	GREEN Upstate High School Greenville	Simpsonville, SC	SC Public Charter School District	High	390	11.5:1
20	Battery Creek High	Beaufort, SC	Beaufort 01	High	809	11.5:1
21	Whitmire Community School (High)	Whitmire, SC	Newberry 01	High	264	11.6:1
22	Laurens District 55 High	Laurens, SC	Laurens 55	High	1,434	11.7:1
23	Eau Claire High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	High	542	11.7:1
24	Fairfield Central High	Winnsboro, SC	Fairfield 01	High	619	11.7:1
25	Buford High	Lancaster, SC	Lancaster 01	High	532	11.8:1
26	Carvers Bay Early College and Career High	Hemingway, SC	Georgetown 01	High	399	11.9:1
27	Irmo High	Columbia, SC	Lexington 05	High	1,272	11.9:1
28	Charleston Charter School for Math and Science	Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	High	573	11.9:1
29	Bamberg-Ehrhardt High	Bamberg, SC	Bamberg 03	High	383	12.0:1
30	Spring Hill High	Chapin, SC	Lexington 05	High	1,118	12.2:1
31	Green Sea Floyds High	Green Sea, SC	Horry 01	High	693	12.2:1
32	Johnsonville High	Johnsonville, SC	Florence 05	High	325	12.3:1
33	McBee High	McBee, SC	Chesterfield 01	High	577	12.3:1
34	Brookland-Cayce High	Cayce, SC	Lexington 02	High	1,212	12.3:1
35	Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High	Monetta, SC	Aiken 01	High	460	12.4:1
36	Hannah Pamplico High School	Pamplico, SC	Florence 02	High	332	12.5:1
37	Cheraw High	Cheraw, SC	Chesterfield 01	High	603	12.6:1
38	Columbia High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	High	681	12.6:1
39	Ware Shoals High	Ware Shoals, SC	Greenwood 51	High	265	12.6:1
40	Edisto High	Cordova, SC	Orangeburg	High	614	12.7:1
41	W.J. Keenan High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	High	675	12.7:1
42	Landrum High	Campobello, SC	Spartanburg 01	High	526	12.8:1
43	Lamar High	Lamar, SC	Darlington 01	High	268	12.8:1
44	Calhoun County High	St. Matthews, SC	Calhoun 01	High	397	12.8:1
45	Marlboro County High	Bennettsville, SC	Marlboro 01	High	987	12.8:1
46	Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High	Neeses, SC	Orangeburg	High	220	12.8:1
47	Lake View High	Lake View, SC	Dillon 04	High	483	12.9:1
48	Ridgeland Secondary Academy of Excellence	Ridgeland, SC	Jasper 01	High	739	13.0:1
49	Hilton Head Island High	Hilton Head Island, SC	Beaufort 01	High	1,265	13.2:1
50	Richland Northeast High	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	High	1,340	13.3:1

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