South Carolina schools ranked by test score
Latest SC READY year (2024-25). 240 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 59.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Hilton Head Island Middle Hilton Head Island · Beaufort 01 | Middle | 56.8% | -2.9pp |
| 102 | Dacusville Middle Easley · Pickens 01 | Middle | 56.6% | -3.1pp |
| 103 | Hand Middle Columbia · Richland 01 | Middle | 56.4% | -3.3pp |
| 104 | John W. Moore Middle Florence · Florence 01 | Middle | 56.2% | -3.5pp |
| 105 | Alice Drive Middle Sumter · Sumter 01 | Middle | 56.1% | -3.6pp |
| 106 | Westview Middle Goose Creek · Berkeley 01 | Middle | 55.4% | -4.3pp |
| 107 | M. B. Kennedy Middle Aiken · Aiken 01 | Middle | 55.3% | -4.4pp |
| 108 | Spaulding Middle Lamar · Darlington 01 | Middle | 55.3% | -4.4pp |
| 109 | C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art Charleston · Charleston 01 | Middle | 54.9% | -4.8pp |
| 110 | Forestbrook Middle Myrtle Beach · Horry 01 | Middle | 54.8% | -4.9pp |
| 111 | L. E. Gable Middle Roebuck · Spartanburg 06 | Middle | 54.6% | -5.1pp |
| 112 | Macedonia Middle Moncks Corner · Berkeley 01 | Middle | 54.6% | -5.1pp |
| 113 | Buford Middle Lancaster · Lancaster 01 | Middle | 54.5% | -5.2pp |
| 114 | Irmo Middle Columbia · Lexington 05 | Middle | 54.3% | -5.4pp |
| 115 | West Oak Middle Westminster · Oconee 01 | Middle | 54.3% | -5.4pp |
| 116 | Leslie M. Stover Middle Elgin · Kershaw 01 | Middle | 54.2% | -5.5pp |
| 117 | Seneca Middle Seneca · Oconee 01 | Middle | 54.2% | -5.5pp |
| 118 | North District Middle Varnville · Hampton | Middle | 54.1% | -5.6pp |
| 119 | Clifdale Middle Spartanburg · Spartanburg 03 | Middle | 53.9% | -5.8pp |
| 120 | Hillcrest Middle Dalzell · Sumter 01 | Middle | 53.9% | -5.8pp |
| 121 | Woodruff Middle Woodruff · Spartanburg 04 | Middle | 53.9% | -5.8pp |
| 122 | D. R. Hill Middle Lyman · Spartanburg 05 | Middle | 53.8% | -5.9pp |
| 123 | Beaufort Middle Beaufort · Beaufort 01 | Middle | 53.6% | -6.1pp |
| 124 | Black Water Middle Conway · Horry 01 | Middle | 53.5% | -6.2pp |
| 125 | Castle Heights Middle Rock Hill · York 03 | Middle | 53.5% | -6.2pp |
| 126 | Richard H. Gettys Middle Easley · Pickens 01 | Middle | 53.3% | -6.4pp |
| 127 | Johnsonville Middle Johnsonville · Florence 05 | Middle | 53.2% | -6.5pp |
| 128 | Inman Intermediate Inman · Spartanburg 01 | Middle | 53.0% | -6.7pp |
| 129 | Pickens Middle Pickens · Pickens 01 | Middle | 52.9% | -6.8pp |
| 130 | Fairfield Middle Winnsboro · Fairfield 01 | Middle | 52.7% | -7.0pp |
| 131 | Bryson Middle Simpsonville · Greenville 01 | Middle | 52.6% | -7.1pp |
| 132 | Woodmont Middle Piedmont · Greenville 01 | Middle | 52.0% | -7.7pp |
| 133 | Chesterfield-Ruby Middle Chesterfield · Chesterfield 01 | Middle | 51.8% | -7.9pp |
| 134 | Whittemore Park Middle Conway · Horry 01 | Middle | 51.8% | -7.9pp |
| 135 | Greer Middle Greer · Greenville 01 | Middle | 51.5% | -8.2pp |
| 136 | Andrew Jackson Middle Kershaw · Lancaster 01 | Middle | 51.4% | -8.3pp |
| 137 | Gregg Middle Summerville · Dorchester 02 | Middle | 51.3% | -8.4pp |
| 138 | Alston Middle Summerville · Dorchester 02 | Middle | 51.1% | -8.6pp |
| 139 | C. E. Murray Middle Greeleyville · Williamsburg 01 | Middle | 51.0% | -8.7pp |
| 140 | Scott's Branch Middle Summerton · Clarendon 06 | Middle | 50.7% | -9.0pp |
| 141 | Lady's Island Middle Beaufort · Beaufort 01 | Middle | 50.6% | -9.1pp |
| 142 | McCormick Middle McCormick · McCormick 01 | Middle | 50.5% | -9.2pp |
| 143 | Clinton Middle Clinton · Laurens 56 | Middle | 50.4% | -9.3pp |
| 144 | Camden Middle Camden · Kershaw 01 | Middle | 50.2% | -9.5pp |
| 145 | Batesburg-Leesville Middle School Batesburg-Leesville · Lexington 03 | Middle | 50.1% | -9.6pp |
| 146 | White Knoll Middle West Columbia · Lexington 01 | Middle | 49.8% | -9.9pp |
| 147 | Darlington Middle Darlington · Darlington 01 | Middle | 49.3% | -10.4pp |
| 148 | York Intermediate York · York 01 | Middle | 49.2% | -10.5pp |
| 149 | Southside Middle Florence · Florence 01 | Middle | 49.0% | -10.7pp |
| 150 | Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle Johnston · Edgefield 01 | Middle | 48.9% | -10.8pp |
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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.