South Carolina schools ranked by test score
Latest SC READY year (2024-25). 224 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 48.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Hand Middle Columbia · Richland 01 | Middle | 38.0% | -10.9pp |
| 152 | White Knoll Middle West Columbia · Lexington 01 | Middle | 37.6% | -11.3pp |
| 153 | Southside Middle Florence · Florence 01 | Middle | 37.3% | -11.6pp |
| 154 | Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy Cayce · Lexington 02 | Middle | 37.2% | -11.7pp |
| 155 | W. G. Sanders Middle Columbia · Richland 01 | Middle | 37.2% | -11.7pp |
| 156 | Dutchman Creek Middle Rock Hill · York 03 | Middle | 36.8% | -12.1pp |
| 157 | Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton Middle Johnston · Edgefield 01 | Middle | 36.8% | -12.1pp |
| 158 | River Oaks Middle North Charleston · Dorchester 02 | Middle | 36.7% | -12.2pp |
| 159 | Lakeview Middle Greenville · Greenville 01 | Middle | 35.8% | -13.1pp |
| 160 | Berkeley Middle Moncks Corner · Berkeley 01 | Middle | 35.6% | -13.3pp |
| 161 | Hampton Elementary Hampton · Hampton | Middle | 35.6% | -13.3pp |
| 162 | Rawlinson Road Middle Rock Hill · York 03 | Middle | 35.5% | -13.4pp |
| 163 | Dillon Middle Dillon · Dillon 04 | Middle | 35.1% | -13.8pp |
| 164 | Ebenezer Middle Sumter · Sumter 01 | Middle | 34.9% | -14.0pp |
| 165 | Clifdale Middle Spartanburg · Spartanburg 03 | Middle | 34.6% | -14.3pp |
| 166 | Manning Junior High Manning · Clarendon 06 | Middle | 34.6% | -14.3pp |
| 167 | Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle Warrenville · Aiken 01 | Middle | 34.2% | -14.7pp |
| 168 | Brewer Middle Greenwood · Greenwood 50 | Middle | 34.0% | -14.9pp |
| 169 | Kingstree Middle Magnet Kingstree · Williamsburg 01 | Middle | 33.6% | -15.3pp |
| 170 | Berea Middle Greenville · Greenville 01 | Middle | 33.3% | -15.6pp |
| 171 | Hemingway MB Lee Middle Hemingway · Williamsburg 01 | Middle | 33.3% | -15.6pp |
| 172 | Long Middle Cheraw · Chesterfield 01 | Middle | 33.3% | -15.6pp |
| 173 | Frances F. Mack Intermediate Gaston · Lexington 04 | Middle | 32.8% | -16.1pp |
| 174 | Inman Intermediate Inman · Spartanburg 01 | Middle | 32.8% | -16.1pp |
| 175 | New Heights Middle Jefferson · Chesterfield 01 | Middle | 32.8% | -16.1pp |
| 176 | Beaufort Middle Beaufort · Beaufort 01 | Middle | 32.2% | -16.7pp |
| 177 | Sanders Middle Laurens · Laurens 55 | Middle | 31.8% | -17.1pp |
| 178 | Southeast Middle Hopkins · Richland 01 | Middle | 31.4% | -17.5pp |
| 179 | Loris Middle Loris · Horry 01 | Middle | 30.9% | -18.0pp |
| 180 | Laurens Middle Laurens · Laurens 55 | Middle | 30.1% | -18.8pp |
| 181 | Henry L. Sneed Middle Florence · Florence 01 | Middle | 29.3% | -19.6pp |
| 182 | Fairforest Middle Spartanburg · Spartanburg 06 | Middle | 29.2% | -19.7pp |
| 183 | William J. Clark Middle Orangeburg · Orangeburg | Middle | 29.2% | -19.7pp |
| 184 | Northside Middle West Columbia · Lexington 02 | Middle | 29.0% | -19.9pp |
| 185 | Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science North Charleston · Charleston 01 | Middle | 28.7% | -20.2pp |
| 186 | Pine Ridge Middle West Columbia · Lexington 02 | Middle | 28.7% | -20.2pp |
| 187 | Saluda Middle Saluda · Saluda 01 | Middle | 28.3% | -20.6pp |
| 188 | Sedgefield Middle Goose Creek · Berkeley 01 | Middle | 28.1% | -20.8pp |
| 189 | John E. Ewing Middle Gaffney · Cherokee 01 | Middle | 28.0% | -20.9pp |
| 190 | St. Stephen Middle St. Stephen · Berkeley 01 | Middle | 27.8% | -21.1pp |
| 191 | Colleton County Middle Walterboro · Colleton 01 | Middle | 27.7% | -21.2pp |
| 192 | A. R. Rucker Middle Lancaster · Lancaster 01 | Middle | 27.2% | -21.7pp |
| 193 | Heyward Gibbes Middle Columbia · Richland 01 | Middle | 26.9% | -22.0pp |
| 194 | Carver Edisto Middle Cope · Orangeburg | Middle | 26.7% | -22.2pp |
| 195 | Blacksburg Middle Blacksburg · Cherokee 01 | Middle | 25.2% | -23.7pp |
| 196 | South Middle Lancaster · Lancaster 01 | Middle | 25.2% | -23.7pp |
| 197 | Robert E. Howard Middle Orangeburg · Orangeburg | Middle | 24.2% | -24.7pp |
| 198 | Newberry Middle Newberry · Newberry 01 | Middle | 24.1% | -24.8pp |
| 199 | Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy Hemingway · Georgetown 01 | Middle | 23.3% | -25.6pp |
| 200 | Gaffney Middle Gaffney · Cherokee 01 | Middle | 23.2% | -25.7pp |
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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 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.