South Carolina schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | York Preparatory Academy Rock Hill · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 70.3% | +10.6pp |
| 2 | Bridges Preparatory School Beaufort · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 69.6% | +9.9pp |
| 3 | Riverwalk Academy Rock Hill · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 68.9% | +9.2pp |
| 4 | American Leadership Academy South Carolina-Lexington Campu Lexington · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 66.6% | +6.9pp |
| 5 | Lowcountry Montessori School Beaufort · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 62.6% | +2.9pp |
| 6 | Thornwell Charter School Clinton · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 62.2% | +2.5pp |
| 7 | Horse Creek Academy Aiken · Limestone Charters Association | Combined | 61.2% | +1.5pp |
| 8 | Cherokee Charter Academy Gaffney · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 60.7% | +1.0pp |
| 9 | High Point Academy Spartanburg · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 59.8% | +0.1pp |
| 10 | South Carolina Virtual Charter School West Columbia · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 58.2% | -1.5pp |
| 11 | Lowcountry Leadership Charter School Meggett · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 57.9% | -1.8pp |
| 12 | SC Connections Academy Columbia · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 55.7% | -4.0pp |
| 13 | Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts and Sciences Charter Sch Hardeeville · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 54.2% | -5.5pp |
| 14 | Midlands STEM Charter School Winnsboro · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 53.6% | -6.1pp |
| 15 | Legacy Early College Greenville · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 52.6% | -7.1pp |
| 16 | Virtus Academy of South Carolina Florence · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 51.4% | -8.3pp |
| 17 | Cyber Academy of South Carolina Greenville · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 50.4% | -9.3pp |
| 18 | Lowcountry Connection Academy Summerville · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 49.5% | -10.2pp |
| 19 | Polaris Tech Charter School Ridgeland · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 37.4% | -22.3pp |
| 20 | Clear Dot Charter School Columbia · Charter Institute at Erskine | Combined | 35.6% | -24.1pp |
| 21 | Carolus Online Academy Columbia · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 28.2% | -31.5pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the SC READY % Meets or Exceeds Expectations threshold on the latest available SC READY English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in South Carolina, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.