Best Elementary Schools in South Carolina

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 638)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
450111000145	561	St. Helena Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1025 Sea Island Parkway	Saint Helena Island	29920	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 838-0300	347	34	10.1	100.0%	22 (6.3%)	265 (76.4%)	40 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.5%)	$22,055	$2,506	$1,702	$4,208	$14,579	$3,268	$17,847	14	15.9	554	7
450111001630	562	Robert Smalls Leadership Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	43 W. K. Alston Drive	Beaufort	29906	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 322-2500	685	64	10.7	100.0%	114 (16.6%)	313 (45.7%)	208 (30.4%)	10 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (5.1%)	$18,979	$1,410	$1,615	$3,025	$13,244	$2,710	$15,954	13.7	16.3	553	9
450192000383	563	Gordon Elementary	Public	4-5	926 Perry Avenue	Dillon	29536	Dillon County	Dillon 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 774-1227	454	25	18.1	100.0%	86 (18.9%)	301 (66.3%)	23 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.4%)	$12,201	$1,929	$1,978	$3,907	$6,861	$1,433	$8,294	13.6	7.7	623	60
450363001024	564	Arcadia Elementary	Public	K-5	375 Spring Street	Spartanburg	29301	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 06	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 576-1371	373	31	12	100.0%	43 (11.5%)	69 (18.5%)	242 (64.9%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	$13,466	$1,269	$55	$1,323	$10,804	$1,339	$12,143	13.6	22.4	510	54
450390901717	565	Clear Dot Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-10	2015 Marion Street	Columbia	29201	Richland County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	Yes	(803) 567-3075	338	26	13.1	95.0%	69 (20.4%)	235 (69.5%)	11 (3.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.2%)								13.5	20.9	525	40
450297001431	566	Clio Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2635 Highway 9 East	Clio	29525	Marlboro County	Marlboro 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 586-9391	206	17	12.1	100.0%	34 (16.5%)	152 (73.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.3%)	$17,209	$3,004	$1,612	$4,616	$10,276	$2,317	$12,594	13.5	15.3	560	6
450391000853	567	Holly Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1490 Brant Avenue	Holly Hill	29059	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 496-3464	326	25	13	100.0%	41 (12.6%)	262 (80.4%)	10 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	$16,952	$2,000	$1,152	$3,151	$12,402	$1,399	$13,801	13.4	13.7	571	4
450000200435	568	Harleyville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1650 East Main Street	Dorchester	29437	Dorchester County	Dorchester 04	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 462-7671	226	17	13.2	100.0%	77 (34.1%)	115 (50.9%)	10 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.2%)	$22,330	$2,069	$4,214	$6,283	$13,699	$2,348	$16,047	13.4	5.5	636	68
450144000197	569	Chicora Elementary	Public, Magnet	1-5	3100 Carner Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 746-2210	320	33	9.6	100.0%	7 (2.2%)	285 (89.1%)	23 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$21,334	$2,506	$1,521	$4,027	$13,950	$3,358	$17,308	12.9	9.8	608	39
450144000227	570	Pepperhill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3300 Creola Road	North Charleston	29420	Dorchester County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 767-5905	448	39	11.4	100.0%	38 (8.5%)	255 (56.9%)	131 (29.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	$16,090	$1,855	$1,727	$3,582	$10,224	$2,284	$12,508	12.6	11.8	588	18

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SC READY English Language Arts, SC READY Mathematics test scores released by the South Carolina Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Carolina Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the South Carolina Department of Education.
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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.