South Carolina schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston School of the Arts North Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 93.6% | +33.9pp |
| 2 | Gray Collegiate Academy West Columbia · Charter Institute at Erskine | High | 91.5% | +31.8pp |
| 3 | Palmetto Scholars Academy North Charleston · SC Public Charter School District | High | 75.5% | +15.8pp |
| 4 | Dixie High Due West · Abbeville 60 | High | 71.8% | +12.1pp |
| 5 | Branchville High Branchville · Orangeburg | High | 68.1% | +8.4pp |
| 6 | Whitmire Community School (High) Whitmire · Newberry 01 | High | 62.2% | +2.5pp |
| 7 | Charleston Charter School for Math and Science Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 60.7% | +1.0pp |
| 8 | East Clarendon Middle-High Turbeville · Clarendon 06 | High | 59.1% | -0.6pp |
| 9 | McBee High McBee · Chesterfield 01 | High | 55.0% | -4.7pp |
| 10 | Lake View High Lake View · Dillon 04 | High | 53.9% | -5.8pp |
| 11 | Great Falls High Great Falls · Chester 01 | High | 53.2% | -6.5pp |
| 12 | Allegro Charter School of Music North Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 48.1% | -11.6pp |
| 13 | North Middle/High North · Orangeburg | High | 47.8% | -11.9pp |
| 14 | Green Sea Floyds High Green Sea · Horry 01 | High | 46.8% | -12.9pp |
| 15 | Military Magnet Academy North Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 46.2% | -13.5pp |
| 16 | J. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet Lake City · Florence 03 | High | 43.9% | -15.8pp |
| 17 | Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High Neeses · Orangeburg | High | 39.8% | -19.9pp |
| 18 | Hardeeville Junior /Senior High Hardeeville · Jasper 01 | High | 39.2% | -20.5pp |
| 19 | Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High Monetta · Aiken 01 | High | 35.2% | -24.5pp |
| 20 | Calhoun Falls Charter School Calhoun Falls · Charter Institute at Erskine | High | 34.8% | -24.9pp |
| 21 | Cross High Cross · Berkeley 01 | High | 34.1% | -25.6pp |
| 22 | Ridgeland Secondary Academy of Excellence Ridgeland · Jasper 01 | High | 28.6% | -31.1pp |
| 23 | Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina Greenville · Charter Institute at Erskine | High | 27.1% | -32.6pp |
| 24 | Bethune-Bowman Middle/High Rowesville · Orangeburg | High | 26.1% | -33.6pp |
| 25 | Baptist Hill High Hollywood · Charleston 01 | High | 25.4% | -34.3pp |
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.