Best Elementary Schools in South Carolina

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the SC READY test scores by the South Carolina Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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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)
450207000408	611	Douglas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	215 South East Diggs Road	Trenton	29847	Edgefield County	Edgefield 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 275-1752	201	20	10.3	97.5%	51 (25.4%)	82 (40.8%)	52 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.0%)	$16,927	$2,671	$1,191	$3,862	$11,755	$1,310	$13,065	9	10.7	601	10
450390201072	612	Rafting Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4100 Highway 261 North	Rembert	29128	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 432-2994	134	9	14.8	100.0%	8 (6.0%)	111 (82.8%)	12 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$16,205	$2,089	$1,555	$3,644	$11,287	$1,274	$12,561	8.5	23.9	497	115
450117000822	613	Goose Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Foster Creek Road	Goose Creek	29445	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 820-8008	945	63	15	100.0%	114 (12.1%)	269 (28.5%)	493 (52.2%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (6.7%)	$11,101	$870	$983	$1,853	$7,754	$1,493	$9,248	8.4	7.2	626	13
450390800768	614	McCormick Elementary	Public	3-5	1123 Sandy Bluff Road	Mullins	29574	Marion County	Marion 10	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 464-3760	293	14	20.9	100.0%	57 (19.5%)	204 (69.6%)	13 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.5%)	$12,253	$1,899	$1,926	$3,825	$6,980	$1,448	$8,427	8	8.7	616	2
450144000213	615	Mitchell Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2 Perry Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 724-7261	222	25	8.9	100.0%	8 (3.6%)	207 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$26,419	$4,249	$1,525	$5,775	$16,737	$3,907	$20,645	8	10.8	600	15
450391000855	616	Vance-Providence Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	633 Camden Road	Vance	29163	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 492-7766	229	15	15.1	100.0%	13 (5.7%)	199 (86.9%)	10 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$15,943	$1,630	$1,659	$3,289	$11,512	$1,142	$12,654	8	10	606	10
450336000638	617	Watkins-Nance Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2525 Barhamville Road	Columbia	29204	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 733-4321	383	25	15.3	100.0%	2 (0.5%)	351 (91.6%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.0%)	$16,368	$1,359	$1,741	$3,100	$11,135	$2,132	$13,268	7.9	6.7	628	11
450183000713	618	Hendersonville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6089 Hendersonville Highway	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 782-0027	342	22	15.5	100.0%	72 (21.1%)	243 (71.1%)	14 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	$15,806	$2,279	$1,322	$3,601	$9,961	$2,243	$12,204	7.8	5.2	639	21
450390801725	619	Creek Bridge STEM Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	6641 South Highway 41	Marion	29571	Marion County	Marion 10	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 362-3500	326	26	12.5	100.0%	43 (13.2%)	256 (78.5%)	14 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)								7.7	8.2	620	1
450144000199	620	A. C. Corcoran Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8585 Vistavia Road	North Charleston	29406	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 764-2218	767	52	14.8	100.0%	75 (9.8%)	433 (56.5%)	204 (26.6%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.4%)	$15,766	$2,382	$1,185	$3,567	$10,069	$2,129	$12,199	7.6	7.6	624	4

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.