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)
450117000166	381	Whitesville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	324 Gaillard Road	Moncks Corner	29461	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 899-8880	1,096	67	16.2	65.9%	503 (45.9%)	332 (30.3%)	142 (13.0%)	7 (0.6%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (9.7%)	$10,292	$325	$892	$1,217	$7,643	$1,431	$9,074	40.3	33.5	430	49
450391500321	382	Dr. Rose H. Wilder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9297 Alex Harvin Highway	Summerton	29148	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 574-2150	233	18	12.9	100.0%	15 (6.4%)	200 (85.8%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)								40.1	22.1	512	130
450390901590	383	Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts and Sciences Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	400 John Smith Road	Hardeeville	29927	Jasper County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 784-2630	666	49	13.5	99.5%	90 (13.5%)	184 (27.6%)	378 (56.8%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)								39.9	39.2	397	14
450273000733	384	Saluda River Academy for the Arts	Public, Magnet	K-5	1520 Duke Avenue	West Columbia	29169	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 739-4095	390	32	12.1	100.0%	147 (37.7%)	120 (30.8%)	70 (17.9%)	16 (4.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.0%)	$18,429	$1,513	$2,832	$4,345	$11,781	$2,304	$14,084	39.8	43.6	358	26
450303001286	385	Prosperity-Rikard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	381 South Wheeler Avenue	Prosperity	29127	Newberry County	Newberry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 364-2321	390	29	13.4	100.0%	203 (52.1%)	116 (29.7%)	50 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.4%)	$14,308	$1,585	$1,382	$2,967	$9,982	$1,359	$11,341	39.5	43	360	25
450258001262	386	North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Roddey Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 283-9918	618	41	15	100.0%	192 (31.1%)	282 (45.6%)	93 (15.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.6%)	$12,709	$1,090	$569	$1,659	$9,876	$1,173	$11,049	39.5	49.8	318	68
450150000274	387	Draytonville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2373 Wilkinsville Highway	Gaffney	29340	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 206-6783	265	21	12.6	100.0%	168 (63.4%)	56 (21.1%)	11 (4.2%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.4%)	$15,666	$1,192	$1,985	$3,178	$11,003	$1,485	$12,488	39.2	28.1	458	71
450090000101	388	Nevitt Forest Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1401 Bolt Drive	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Anderson 05	No	Yes	No	Yes	(864) 260-5190	572	39	14.7	100.0%	98 (17.1%)	355 (62.1%)	44 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (13.1%)	$12,480	$1,930	$961	$2,892	$8,193	$1,396	$9,588	39.1	40.1	388
450237000599	389	Ware Shoals Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	15269 Indian Mound Road	Ware Shoals	29692	Greenwood County	Greenwood 51	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 861-2261	358	28	12.7	100.0%	247 (69.0%)	58 (16.2%)	25 (7.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.0%)	$11,819	$1,894	$823	$2,718	$7,548	$1,553	$9,102	38.7	29.6	448	59
450144000222	390	Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	4542 Simms Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 745-7105	475	35	13.5	100.0%	208 (43.8%)	164 (34.5%)	59 (12.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.8%)	$20,241	$2,481	$1,355	$3,836	$13,874	$2,530	$16,404	38.2	42.1	367	23

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.