Best Public Schools in Fort Mill, SC

Summary:

The Fort Mill, South Carolina school district, part of the York 04 school district, consists of 17 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The district is highly ranked, with all schools receiving 4 or 5 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger, and the district itself ranked 1 out of 75 in the state.

Several schools stand out as top performers, including Pleasant Knoll Middle School, ranked 10th out of 325 middle schools in the state, and Doby's Bridge Elementary, ranked 17th out of 638 elementary schools. These schools boast exceptional test scores, with proficiency rates well above state averages. At the high school level, Fort Mill High School stands out, ranked 13th out of 235 high schools in the state.

The York 04 school district as a whole performs exceptionally well, with all schools rated 4 or 5 stars and average proficiency rates exceeding state averages. However, the district also exhibits some diversity, with schools ranging from 9.37% to 43.56% in free and reduced lunch rates, suggesting potential differences in the socioeconomic backgrounds of the student populations. Overall, the Fort Mill school district is a high-performing system, delivering excellent academic outcomes for its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SC READY English Language Arts (2024)						SC READY Mathematics (2024)						EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2024)	EOCEP English 1 (2024)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2024)	EOCEP English 2 (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Orchard Park Elementary	Public	K-5	474 Third Baxter Street	Fort Mill	29708	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-8170	599	50	11.9	12.7%	461 (77.0%)	27 (4.5%)	54 (9.0%)	22 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (5.7%)	87.8	70^th of 638 public elementary schools	89.0%		93.8	30^th of 644 public elementary schools	95.3%	40	70.7	74.1	78.9				73.6	61.7	75.7								$11,652	$1,338	$525	$1,863	$8,666	$1,124	$9,790
Springfield Elementary	Public	K-5	1691 Springfield Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 584-8150	887	66	13.4	33.7%	388 (43.7%)	132 (14.9%)	123 (13.9%)	179 (20.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (6.8%)	89	63^rd of 638 public elementary schools	90.1%		87.7	79^th of 644 public elementary schools	87.7%	16	67.4	77.7	81.3				76.3	72.3	62.7								$11,584	$375	$579	$955	$9,586	$1,043	$10,629
Springfield Middle	Public	6-8	1711 Springfield Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-8199	701	59	11.9	42.5%	273 (38.9%)	100 (14.3%)	173 (24.7%)	111 (15.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.7%)	89.6	30^th of 325 public middle schools	90.8%		93.7	18^th of 325 public middle schools	94.5%	12				66.8	72.3	67.0				57.3	65.7	46.4	100.0				$11,761	$489	$416	$904	$9,605	$1,252	$10,857
Fort Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	192 Springfield Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 547-7546	715	57	12.5	36.2%	401 (56.1%)	113 (15.8%)	92 (12.9%)	56 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.4%)	69.2	186^th of 638 public elementary schools	70.8%		80.8	110^th of 644 public elementary schools	82.9%	76	67.3	61.3	67.7				67.2	52.1	45.1								$11,886	$354	$554	$908	$9,901	$1,077	$10,979
Fort Mill Middle	Public	6-8	200 Springfield Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 547-5553	635	53	11.9	32.0%	381 (60.0%)	88 (13.9%)	76 (12.0%)	49 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.5%)	93.1	20^th of 325 public middle schools	93.8%		94.8	16^th of 325 public middle schools	95.1%	4				75.0	67.3	76.7				64.6	52.1	64.5	100.0				$11,689	$359	$628	$987	$9,384	$1,317	$10,701
Fort Mill High	Public	9-12	215 North Highway 21 Bypass	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-1900	2,041	136	15.0	19.2%	1,408 (69.0%)	196 (9.6%)	197 (9.7%)	141 (6.9%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (4.7%)	87.5	13^th of 235 public high schools	94.5%		91.1	11^th of 237 public high schools	95.4%	2													80.1	88.3	87.4	97.8	$10,243	$297	$327	$624	$8,165	$1,454	$9,619
Pleasant Knoll Middle	Public	6-8	2320 Pleasant Road	Fort Mill	29708	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-3770	921	67	13.7	14.9%	605 (65.7%)	71 (7.7%)	81 (8.8%)	129 (14.0%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.1%)	98	10^th of 325 public middle schools	96.9%		97.8	11^th of 325 public middle schools	96.6%	1				82.1	80.6	80.5				72.8	72.7	63.6	97.9				$10,386	$610	$519	$1,129	$8,020	$1,238	$9,257
Catawba Ridge High School	Public	9-12	1180 Fort Mill Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-5222	1,651	101	16.3	17.2%	1,146 (69.4%)	163 (9.9%)	160 (9.7%)	84 (5.1%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	93 (5.6%)	85	20^th of 235 public high schools	91.5%		90.9	12^th of 237 public high schools	94.9%	8													75.4	84.5	86.5	99.1
River Trail Elementary	Public	K-5	1016 Fort Mill Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-7555	715	55	13.0	11.7%	488 (68.3%)	57 (8.0%)	76 (10.6%)	45 (6.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.4%)	94.6	24^th of 638 public elementary schools	96.2%		90.5	54^th of 644 public elementary schools	91.6%	30	75.8	85.0	81.6				84.2	78.0	73.2
Pleasant Knoll Elementary	Public	K-5	2346 Pleasant Road	Fort Mill	29708	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-0090	778	63	12.3	14.9%	406 (52.2%)	60 (7.7%)	80 (10.3%)	173 (22.2%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (6.7%)	94.4	25^th of 638 public elementary schools	96.1%		95	22^nd of 644 public elementary schools	96.6%	3	79.3	82.4	80.0				78.5	81.9	73.1								$11,706	$644	$682	$1,325	$9,361	$1,020	$10,381
Banks Trail Middle	Public	6-8	1640 Banks Road	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 578-2990	567	47	12.0	36.7%	353 (62.3%)	79 (13.9%)	55 (9.7%)	34 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.9%)	88.5	34^th of 325 public middle schools	89.5%		88.9	29^th of 325 public middle schools	91.1%	5				74.9	72.2	66.6				64.5	56.4	36.6	96.2				$15,148	$638	$717	$1,354	$12,266	$1,528	$13,794
Doby's Bridge Elementary	Public	K-5	1000 Dragon Way	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-5200	783	55	14.2	10.3%	527 (67.3%)	32 (4.1%)	66 (8.4%)	97 (12.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (7.5%)	95.6	17^th of 638 public elementary schools	97.3%		94.4	27^th of 644 public elementary schools	95.8%	10	76.8	87.1	88.2				79.6	80.6	78.6								$11,684	$405	$644	$1,049	$9,469	$1,166	$10,635
Kings Town Elementary	Public	K-5	1774 Mason Bend Drive	Fort Mill	29708	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 396-3400	841	66	12.8	16.8%	552 (65.6%)	64 (7.6%)	73 (8.7%)	93 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (7.0%)	94	27^th of 638 public elementary schools	95.8%		93.4	34^th of 644 public elementary schools	94.7%	7	77.0	78.9	82.8				80.0	75.4	78.6
Forest Creek Middle	Public	6-8	2212 Whites Road	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 396-3450	736	57	13.0	11.8%	512 (69.6%)	70 (9.5%)	62 (8.4%)	57 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.8%)	97.4	13^th of 325 public middle schools	96.0%		95.9	14^th of 325 public middle schools	95.7%	1				77.0	80.2	78.6				73.9	70.8	65.6	99.2
Sugar Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1599 Farm House Road	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 835-0150	785	65	12.0	39.2%	313 (39.9%)	87 (11.1%)	203 (25.9%)	127 (16.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.9%)	82.1	102^nd of 638 public elementary schools	84.0%		85.1	87^th of 644 public elementary schools	86.5%	15	62.1	70.5	75.2				66.6	65.1	63.4								$12,275	$1,059	$655	$1,714	$9,503	$1,058	$10,561
Riverview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Spratt Street	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 548-4677	650	59	11.0	45.2%	369 (56.8%)	93 (14.3%)	81 (12.5%)	40 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (10.2%)	71	178^th of 638 public elementary schools	72.1%		70.5	183^rd of 644 public elementary schools	71.6%	5	67.0	63.0	65.4				70.1	45.1	53.6								$15,301	$1,613	$793	$2,406	$11,722	$1,173	$12,895
Nation Ford High	Public	9-12	1400 AO Jones Boulevard	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-0000	1,871	135	13.8	30.9%	987 (52.8%)	305 (16.3%)	312 (16.7%)	152 (8.1%)	7 (0.4%)	4 (0.2%)	104 (5.6%)	83.7	22^nd of 235 public high schools	90.6%		84.4	20^th of 237 public high schools	91.6%	2													80.7	87.6	79.5	95.8	$10,706	$298	$300	$597	$8,592	$1,517	$10,109

Cities Near Fort Mill

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tega Cay	3.25 mi	3	2^nd
Rock Hill	4.26 mi	28	82^nd
Indian Land	4.86 mi	4	6^th
Clover	10.73 mi	10	17^th
Lancaster	11.39 mi	16	123^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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