South Carolina schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | Ridgeland Secondary Academy of Excellence Ridgeland · Jasper 01 | High | 11.2% | -37.7pp |
| 852 | Luther L. Vaughan Elementary Gaffney · Cherokee 01 | Elementary | 10.9% | -38.0pp |
| 853 | Chicora Elementary North Charleston · Charleston 01 | Elementary | 10.3% | -38.6pp |
| 854 | Mellichamp Elementary Orangeburg · Orangeburg | Elementary | 10.0% | -38.9pp |
| 855 | Polaris Tech Charter School Ridgeland · SC Public Charter School District | Combined | 9.9% | -39.0pp |
| 856 | Brooklyn Springs Elementary Lancaster · Lancaster 01 | Elementary | 9.5% | -39.4pp |
| 857 | Denmark-Olar Middle Denmark · Bamberg 03 | Middle | 9.5% | -39.4pp |
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.