South Carolina schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston School of the Arts North Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 80.7% | +31.8pp |
| 2 | Gray Collegiate Academy West Columbia · Charter Institute at Erskine | High | 70.9% | +22.0pp |
| 3 | Whitmire Community School (High) Whitmire · Newberry 01 | High | 60.0% | +11.1pp |
| 4 | Palmetto Scholars Academy North Charleston · SC Public Charter School District | High | 59.5% | +10.6pp |
| 5 | Charleston Charter School for Math and Science Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 53.7% | +4.8pp |
| 6 | Branchville High Branchville · Orangeburg | High | 52.3% | +3.4pp |
| 7 | Green Sea Floyds High Green Sea · Horry 01 | High | 50.0% | +1.1pp |
| 8 | East Clarendon Middle-High Turbeville · Clarendon 06 | High | 48.9% | -0.0pp |
| 9 | McBee High McBee · Chesterfield 01 | High | 47.4% | -1.5pp |
| 10 | Great Falls High Great Falls · Chester 01 | High | 45.3% | -3.6pp |
| 11 | Lake View High Lake View · Dillon 04 | High | 40.9% | -8.0pp |
| 12 | Allegro Charter School of Music North Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 31.3% | -17.6pp |
| 13 | Military Magnet Academy North Charleston · Charleston 01 | High | 28.3% | -20.6pp |
| 14 | Hardeeville Junior /Senior High Hardeeville · Jasper 01 | High | 22.8% | -26.1pp |
| 15 | Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High Monetta · Aiken 01 | High | 21.4% | -27.5pp |
| 16 | Bethune-Bowman Middle/High Rowesville · Orangeburg | High | 14.6% | -34.3pp |
| 17 | Baptist Hill High Hollywood · Charleston 01 | High | 14.3% | -34.6pp |
| 18 | Ridgeland Secondary Academy of Excellence Ridgeland · Jasper 01 | High | 11.2% | -37.7pp |
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 Science 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.