Best Public Schools in Sumter County, South Carolina & Rankings

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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
Alice Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	251 Alice Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0857	551	36	15.1	100.0%	255 (46.3%)	237 (43.0%)	22 (4.0%)	23 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	76.3	145^th of 638 public elementary schools	77.3%		74.7	157^th of 644 public elementary schools	75.6%	12	59.0	66.3	65.5				65.4	74.2	51.8								$10,749	$1,159	$698	$1,857	$8,157	$734	$8,891
Crosswell Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Crosswell Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0679	457	33	13.8	100.0%	12 (2.6%)	392 (85.8%)	42 (9.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	12.6	571^st of 638 public elementary schools	10.5%		10.9	597^th of 644 public elementary schools	7.3%	26	30.7	27.7	36.6				33.8	27.7	19.7								$11,984	$1,941	$867	$2,807	$8,152	$1,025	$9,177
Lemira Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	952 Fulton Street	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0658	369	25	14.7	100.0%	13 (3.5%)	311 (84.3%)	32 (8.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	10.2	598^th of 638 public elementary schools	6.3%		9.5	610^th of 644 public elementary schools	5.3%	12	26.7	27.6	36.5				31.7	17.3	19.1								$13,366	$2,386	$1,164	$3,549	$8,891	$926	$9,817
Millwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24 Pinewood Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0648	666	39	16.9	100.0%	229 (34.4%)	343 (51.5%)	37 (5.6%)	16 (2.4%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (4.5%)	49.8	321^st of 638 public elementary schools	49.7%		36.3	412^th of 644 public elementary schools	36.0%	91	60.9	54.4	53.2				59.8	44.8	32.2								$10,470	$1,814	$716	$2,530	$7,203	$737	$7,940
Wilder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	975 South Main Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 773-5723	325	26	12.5	100.0%	70 (21.5%)	222 (68.3%)	15 (4.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.0%)	35.9	405^th of 638 public elementary schools	36.5%		40.7	383^rd of 644 public elementary schools	40.5%	22	47.0	36.2	51.3				56.2	29.3	43.9								$13,539	$2,296	$857	$3,153	$9,520	$866	$10,386
Willow Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	26 Willow Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 773-5796	539	36	14.8	100.0%	58 (10.8%)	412 (76.4%)	44 (8.2%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (2.8%)	10.9	588^th of 638 public elementary schools	7.8%		8.6	617^th of 644 public elementary schools	4.2%	29	34.7	20.1	34.6				33.3	15.1	21.8								$11,002	$1,543	$758	$2,301	$7,976	$726	$8,701
Alice Drive Middle	Public	6-8	40 Miller Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0821	778	47	16.5	100.0%	238 (30.6%)	448 (57.6%)	38 (4.9%)	27 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.5%)	38.4	190^th of 325 public middle schools	41.5%		43	178^th of 325 public middle schools	45.2%	12				44.3	47.4	40.0				29.3	27.8	22.4	100.0				$9,226	$715	$633	$1,348	$7,074	$804	$7,878
Bates Middle	Public	6-8	715 Estate Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 775-0711	525	38	13.8	100.0%	121 (23.0%)	351 (66.9%)	21 (4.0%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.2%)	9.5	313^th of 325 public middle schools	3.7%		17.4	269^th of 325 public middle schools	17.2%	44				23.1	24.4	31.1				7.8	9.1	8.8	81.6				$10,668	$1,193	$725	$1,918	$7,630	$1,120	$8,750
Sumter High School	Public	9-12	2580 McCrays Mill Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 481-4480	2,214	123	18.0	100.0%	582 (26.3%)	1,394 (63.0%)	139 (6.3%)	43 (1.9%)	6 (0.3%)	6 (0.3%)	44 (2.0%)	21.5	184^th of 235 public high schools	21.7%		13.3	207^th of 237 public high schools	12.7%	23													47.8	50.5	39.4	79.8	$10,307	$683	$694	$1,377	$7,786	$1,143	$8,930
Liberty STEAM Charter School	Public, Charter	K-3	15 Church Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 830-5966	584	43	13.6	73.5%	222 (38.0%)	298 (51.0%)	25 (4.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.7%)								(n/a)	56.8						41.8
Sumter Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	2612 McCray's Mill Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 481-8575	0	18	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Kingsbury Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	825 Kingsbury Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-6244	584	43	13.4	100.0%	145 (24.8%)	378 (64.7%)	20 (3.4%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.7%)	15.8	548^th of 638 public elementary schools	14.1%		16.6	551^st of 644 public elementary schools	14.4%	3	25.3	32.4	39.3				19.2	30.4	32.5								$11,613	$1,752	$741	$2,493	$8,339	$781	$9,120
High Hills Elementary	Public	4-5	4971 Frierson Road	Shaw Afb	29152	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 499-3327	441	24	18.3	100.0%	121 (27.4%)	244 (55.3%)	42 (9.5%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.1%)	22.8	497^th of 638 public elementary schools	22.1%		29.5	449^th of 644 public elementary schools	30.3%	48		36.3	47.3					31.2	28.8								$9,714	$1,299	$997	$2,296	$6,639	$779	$7,418
Shaw Heights Elementary	Public	2-3	1495 Frierson Road	Shaw AFB	29152	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 666-2335	424	27	15.7	100.0%	141 (33.3%)	206 (48.6%)	39 (9.2%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	26 (6.1%)								(n/a)	55.0						57.0										$11,220	$1,816	$748	$2,564	$7,761	$896	$8,657
Ebenezer Middle	Public	6-8	3440 Ebenezer Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 469-8571	349	18	19.3	100.0%	46 (13.2%)	278 (79.7%)	14 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.6%)	14.3	288^th of 325 public middle schools	11.4%		16.3	274^th of 325 public middle schools	15.7%	14				37.0	23.7	32.8				17.7	7.3	9.6					$10,473	$925	$756	$1,681	$7,543	$1,250	$8,793
Lakewood High	Public	9-12	350 Old Manning Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 506-2700	1,016	47	21.6	100.0%	318 (31.3%)	598 (58.9%)	53 (5.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	39 (3.8%)	7.6	225^th of 235 public high schools	4.3%		9.6	215^th of 237 public high schools	9.3%	10													36.2	40.3	35.2	66.8	$10,875	$721	$594	$1,315	$8,218	$1,342	$9,559
Oakland Primary	Public	PK, KG-1	5415 Oakland Drive	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 499-3366	504	34	14.8	100.0%	146 (29.0%)	263 (52.2%)	60 (11.9%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.2%)								(n/a)																	$11,446	$1,685	$820	$2,505	$8,189	$752	$8,941
Cherryvale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1420 Furman Drive	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 494-8200	478	34	14.0	100.0%	86 (18.0%)	355 (74.3%)	24 (5.0%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	4.9	631^st of 638 public elementary schools	1.1%		7.7	622^nd of 644 public elementary schools	3.4%	9	25.8	21.9	19.4				24.1	15.0	14.3								$11,577	$1,424	$826	$2,250	$8,266	$1,061	$9,327
R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	345 Eastern School Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 495-3247	379	33	11.4	100.0%	35 (9.2%)	324 (85.5%)	15 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	9.6	607^th of 638 public elementary schools	4.9%		4.4	640^th of 644 public elementary schools	0.6%	33	22.3	13.6	28.6	33.4	19.2	34.2	44.5	14.0	11.2	9.3	2.1	5.3					$13,834	$1,956	$979	$2,935	$9,727	$1,172	$10,899
Rafting Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4100 Highway 261 North	Rembert	29128	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 432-2994	137	10	14.4	100.0%	9 (6.6%)	112 (81.8%)	12 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.5	612^th of 638 public elementary schools	4.1%		23.9	497^th of 644 public elementary schools	22.8%	115		26.0	23.8					30.4	14.3								$16,205	$2,089	$1,555	$3,644	$11,287	$1,274	$12,561
Chestnut Oaks Middle	Public	6-8	1200 Oswego Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-7272	357	22	16.2	100.0%	14 (3.9%)	306 (85.7%)	26 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.8%)	6.6	323^rd of 325 public middle schools	0.6%		6.4	320^th of 325 public middle schools	1.5%	3				25.9	24.7	25.0				7.7	1.0	2.9	75.0				$10,421	$1,350	$939	$2,289	$6,684	$1,448	$8,132
Crestwood High	Public	9-12	2000 Oswego Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 469-6200	1,117	49	23.0	100.0%	197 (17.6%)	800 (71.6%)	70 (6.3%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (3.8%)	29.8	164^th of 235 public high schools	30.2%		41.4	126^th of 237 public high schools	46.8%	38													50.2	55.1	55.4	76.4	$10,656	$919	$831	$1,750	$7,656	$1,250	$8,906
Furman Middle	Public	6-8	3400 Bethel Church Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 481-8519	669	35	19.1	100.0%	210 (31.4%)	387 (57.8%)	27 (4.0%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	34 (5.1%)	20.7	259^th of 325 public middle schools	20.3%		20.4	260^th of 325 public middle schools	20.0%	1				36.0	29.7	39.4				15.2	12.3	20.8	92.6				$10,306	$777	$691	$1,467	$7,486	$1,353	$8,839
Hillcrest Middle	Public	6-8	4355 Peach Orchard Road	Dalzell	29040	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 499-3341	391	24	16.6	100.0%	124 (31.7%)	213 (54.5%)	24 (6.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.4%)	28.7	233^rd of 325 public middle schools	28.3%		33.2	216^th of 325 public middle schools	33.5%	17				43.7	38.8	35.1				25.4	23.1	17.1	100.0				$12,837	$1,419	$899	$2,317	$9,003	$1,517	$10,519
Pocalla Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2060 Bethel Church Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 481-5800	643	40	16.0	100.0%	225 (35.0%)	333 (51.8%)	39 (6.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.5%)	19.3	529^th of 638 public elementary schools	17.1%		25.6	486^th of 644 public elementary schools	24.5%	43	37.0	43.4	39.8				42.5	24.7	16.5								$11,289	$2,028	$951	$2,979	$7,189	$1,121	$8,310
Lewis High	Public	9-12	8200 State Farm Road	Rembert	29128	Sumter County	Dept Of Correction N04	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 896-3454	6	2	3.0		2 (33.3%)	3 (50.0%)	1 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Lower Lee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5142 St. Charles Road	Mayesville	29104	Sumter County	Lee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 428-3637	150	20	7.5	100.0%	6 (4.0%)	137 (91.3%)	6 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	26.1	473^rd of 638 public elementary schools	25.9%		24.3	495^th of 644 public elementary schools	23.1%	22		47.6	46.1					28.5	26.9								$22,810	$1,404	$765	$2,170	$15,784	$4,856	$20,640
West Lee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	55 West Lee School Road	Rembert	29128	Sumter County	Lee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 428-3147	109	10	10.9	100.0%	9 (8.3%)	95 (87.2%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)								(n/a)																	$21,078	$1,073	$853	$1,926	$15,702	$3,450	$19,152
Manchester Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 East Clark Street	Pinewood	29125	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 452-5454	388	29	13.3	100.0%	173 (44.6%)	151 (38.9%)	20 (5.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (10.1%)	14.8	557^th of 638 public elementary schools	12.7%		26	478^th of 644 public elementary schools	25.8%	79	33.4	38.5	37.2				25.5	27.1	23.0								$12,316	$2,034	$1,084	$3,118	$8,357	$841	$9,198

Best Public Schools in Sumter County, SC

Alice Drive Elementary

Millwood Elementary

Alice Drive Middle

Wilder Elementary

Crestwood High

Hillcrest Middle

Lower Lee Elementary

High Hills Elementary

Sumter High School

Furman Middle

Pocalla Springs Elementary

Kingsbury Elementary

Manchester Elementary

Ebenezer Middle

Crosswell Drive Elementary

Willow Drive Elementary

Lemira Elementary

R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy

Bates Middle

Rafting Creek Elementary

Lakewood High

Chestnut Oaks Middle

Cherryvale Elementary

Lewis High

Liberty STEAM Charter School

Oakland Primary

Shaw Heights Elementary

Sumter Career and Technology Center

West Lee Elementary

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