South Carolina schools ranked by test score
Latest SC READY year (2024-25). 905 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 59.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751 | North Charleston Elementary North Charleston · Charleston 01 | Elementary | 43.0% | -16.7pp |
| 752 | Whale Branch Elementary Seabrook · Beaufort 01 | Elementary | 43.0% | -16.7pp |
| 753 | Gaffney Middle Gaffney · Cherokee 01 | Middle | 42.9% | -16.8pp |
| 754 | Boundary St. Elementary Newberry · Newberry 01 | Elementary | 42.8% | -16.9pp |
| 755 | Foster Park Elementary Union · Union 01 | Elementary | 42.7% | -17.0pp |
| 756 | Brockington Elementary Magnet Timmonsville · Florence 01 | Elementary | 42.6% | -17.1pp |
| 757 | Stono Park Elementary Charleston · Charleston 01 | Elementary | 42.6% | -17.1pp |
| 758 | Mary H. Wright Elementary Spartanburg · Spartanburg 07 | Elementary | 42.5% | -17.2pp |
| 759 | Hendersonville Elementary Walterboro · Colleton 01 | Elementary | 42.4% | -17.3pp |
| 760 | Robert Smalls Leadership Academy Beaufort · Beaufort 01 | Elementary | 42.4% | -17.3pp |
| 761 | Seven Oaks Elementary Columbia · Lexington 05 | Elementary | 42.4% | -17.3pp |
| 762 | Edisto Elementary Orangeburg · Orangeburg | Elementary | 42.3% | -17.4pp |
| 763 | Denmark-Olar Elementary Denmark · Bamberg 03 | Elementary | 42.1% | -17.6pp |
| 764 | Cheraw Intermediate Cheraw · Chesterfield 01 | Elementary | 42.0% | -17.7pp |
| 765 | Brown's Ferry Elementary School for the Creative and Perform Georgetown · Georgetown 01 | Elementary | 41.6% | -18.1pp |
| 766 | Hunley Park Elementary North Charleston · Charleston 01 | Elementary | 41.6% | -18.1pp |
| 767 | Clio Elementary Clio · Marlboro 01 | Elementary | 41.5% | -18.2pp |
| 768 | Mill Creek Elementary Columbia · Richland 01 | Elementary | 41.5% | -18.2pp |
| 769 | Brookdale Elementary Orangeburg · Orangeburg | Elementary | 41.4% | -18.3pp |
| 770 | Pageland Elementary Pageland · Chesterfield 01 | Elementary | 41.4% | -18.3pp |
| 771 | Robert Anderson Middle Anderson · Anderson 05 | Middle | 41.4% | -18.3pp |
| 772 | Cottageville Elementary Cottageville · Colleton 01 | Elementary | 40.9% | -18.8pp |
| 773 | Williams Middle Florence · Florence 01 | Middle | 40.8% | -18.9pp |
| 774 | Pine Grove Elementary Columbia · Richland 01 | Elementary | 40.7% | -19.0pp |
| 775 | Georgetown Middle Georgetown · Georgetown 01 | Middle | 40.6% | -19.1pp |
| 776 | Hunter-Kinard-Tyler Elementary Neeses · Orangeburg | Elementary | 40.6% | -19.1pp |
| 777 | Creek Bridge STEM Academy Marion · Marion 10 | Elementary | 40.4% | -19.3pp |
| 778 | Sandel Elementary Columbia · Richland 01 | Elementary | 40.2% | -19.5pp |
| 779 | Loris Middle Loris · Horry 01 | Middle | 40.0% | -19.7pp |
| 780 | Thornwell School for the Arts Hartsville · Darlington 01 | Elementary | 40.0% | -19.7pp |
| 781 | Bates Middle Sumter · Sumter 01 | Middle | 39.9% | -19.8pp |
| 782 | Fairforest Middle Spartanburg · Spartanburg 06 | Middle | 39.9% | -19.8pp |
| 783 | Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High Neeses · Orangeburg | High | 39.8% | -19.9pp |
| 784 | L. W. Conder Elementary Columbia · Richland 02 | Elementary | 39.8% | -19.9pp |
| 785 | St. Helena Elementary St. Helena · Beaufort 01 | Elementary | 39.8% | -19.9pp |
| 786 | Wallace Elementary/Middle Wallace · Marlboro 01 | Elementary | 39.8% | -19.9pp |
| 787 | Cayce Elementary Cayce · Lexington 02 | Elementary | 39.7% | -20.0pp |
| 788 | Hemingway MB Lee Middle Hemingway · Williamsburg 01 | Middle | 39.7% | -20.0pp |
| 789 | Gordon Elementary Dillon · Dillon 04 | Elementary | 39.6% | -20.1pp |
| 790 | Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy Hemingway · Georgetown 01 | Middle | 39.5% | -20.2pp |
| 791 | Dillon Middle Dillon · Dillon 04 | Middle | 39.5% | -20.2pp |
| 792 | Buffalo Elementary Buffalo · Union 01 | Elementary | 39.4% | -20.3pp |
| 793 | Furman Middle Sumter · Sumter 01 | Middle | 39.4% | -20.3pp |
| 794 | Hopkins Middle Hopkins · Richland 01 | Middle | 39.3% | -20.4pp |
| 795 | Hyatt Park Elementary Columbia · Richland 01 | Elementary | 39.3% | -20.4pp |
| 796 | Robert E. Howard Middle Orangeburg · Orangeburg | Middle | 39.3% | -20.4pp |
| 797 | Saluda Middle Saluda · Saluda 01 | Middle | 39.3% | -20.4pp |
| 798 | Cross Elementary Cross · Berkeley 01 | Elementary | 39.2% | -20.5pp |
| 799 | Devon Forest Elementary Goose Creek · Berkeley 01 | Elementary | 39.2% | -20.5pp |
| 800 | Hardeeville Junior /Senior High Hardeeville · Jasper 01 | High | 39.2% | -20.5pp |
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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.