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South Carolina schools ranked by test score

Latest SC READY year (2024-25). 619 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 59.7%.
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
601Jesse S. Bobo Elementary
Spartanburg · Spartanburg 06
Elementary32.7%-27.0pp
602Chester Park Elementary School for the Arts
Chester · Chester 01
Elementary32.4%-27.3pp
603Chicora Elementary
North Charleston · Charleston 01
Elementary32.3%-27.4pp
604Erwin Elementary
Lancaster · Lancaster 01
Elementary31.9%-27.8pp
605Cherryvale Elementary
Sumter · Sumter 01
Elementary31.4%-28.3pp
606Jackson School
Camden · Kershaw 01
Elementary31.4%-28.3pp
607Sheridan Elementary
Orangeburg · Orangeburg
Elementary31.2%-28.5pp
608Luther L. Vaughan Elementary
Gaffney · Cherokee 01
Elementary30.9%-28.8pp
609W. B. Goodwin Elementary
North Charleston · Charleston 01
Elementary30.8%-28.9pp
610Lemira Elementary
Sumter · Sumter 01
Elementary30.7%-29.0pp
611Pinehurst Elementary
North Charleston · Charleston 01
Elementary30.1%-29.6pp
612Fairfield Elementary
Winnsboro · Fairfield 01
Elementary29.5%-30.2pp
613R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy
Sumter · Sumter 01
Elementary28.7%-31.0pp
614Mellichamp Elementary
Orangeburg · Orangeburg
Elementary28.0%-31.7pp
615Hardeeville Elementary
Hardeeville · Jasper 01
Elementary24.4%-35.3pp
616A. C. Corcoran Elementary
North Charleston · Charleston 01
Elementary24.2%-35.5pp
617Matilda F. Dunston Elementary
North Charleston · Charleston 01
Elementary22.1%-37.6pp
618Mitchell Elementary
Charleston · Charleston 01
Elementary21.6%-38.1pp
619Rafting Creek Elementary
Rembert · Sumter 01
Elementary19.5%-40.2pp
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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.