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)
450210001448	51	Fairfield Magnet for Math and Science	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	1647 US Highway 321 Bypass Nor	Winnsboro	29180	Fairfield County	Fairfield 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 635-4810	217	24	9	100.0%	41 (18.9%)	158 (72.8%)	11 (5.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$22,559	$1,970	$1,808	$3,778	$15,873	$2,908	$18,781	90.1	86.4	83	32
450084000087	52	Starr Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Professor Brown Lane	Starr	29684	Anderson County	Anderson 03	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 352-6154	490	38	12.8	100.0%	397 (81.0%)	24 (4.9%)	27 (5.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.8%)	$10,835	$1,591	$991	$2,582	$7,288	$965	$8,253	90	88.5	74	22
450231000528	53	Skyland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4221 Highway 14 North	Greer	29651	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-7200	786	49	16.2	53.3%	653 (83.1%)	30 (3.8%)	65 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (4.5%)	$10,699	$1,137	$842	$1,979	$8,152	$569	$8,721	89.9	90.9	48	5
450336000930	54	Satchel Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	5901 Satchel Ford Road	Columbia	29206	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 738-7209	631	46	13.8	100.0%	449 (71.2%)	124 (19.7%)	19 (3.0%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.9%)	$15,775	$1,492	$922	$2,414	$11,477	$1,884	$13,361	89.9	88	77	23
450081000081	55	Wright Elementary	Public	K-5	1136 Wright School Road	Belton	29627	Anderson County	Anderson 02	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 296-1776	193	14	13.7	76.7%	154 (79.8%)	13 (6.7%)	10 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.2%)	$13,222	$1,902	$748	$2,651	$8,980	$1,591	$10,571	89.8	88.2	75	20
450228001518	56	Waccamaw Intermediate	Public	4-6	320 Wildcat Way	Pawleys Island	29585	Georgetown County	Georgetown 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 237-7071	420	26	16.1	43.1%	306 (72.9%)	77 (18.3%)	29 (6.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$12,898	$1,186	$669	$1,855	$9,922	$1,121	$11,043	89.7	85.5	86	30
450144000230	57	St. Andrew's School of Math and Science	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	30 Chadwick Drive	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 763-1503	766	48	15.9	46.7%	437 (57.0%)	208 (27.2%)	57 (7.4%)	11 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (6.8%)	$12,316	$1,118	$820	$1,939	$8,314	$2,063	$10,378	89.7	88.9	70	13
450144001214	58	Harbor View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1576 Harbor View Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-2749	639	43	14.8	40.5%	497 (77.8%)	68 (10.6%)	22 (3.4%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	38 (5.9%)	$13,955	$1,566	$861	$2,426	$9,417	$2,112	$11,529	89.7	89	67	9
450231000523	59	Paris Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	32 East Belvue Road	Taylors	29687	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-4260	580	38	15.1	54.3%	410 (70.7%)	44 (7.6%)	80 (13.8%)	12 (2.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.2%)	$11,066	$1,035	$786	$1,822	$8,581	$663	$9,244	89.6	91.5	45	14
450249001341	60	St. James Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	9711 St. James Road	Myrtle Beach	29588	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 650-8220	844	57	14.9	52.5%	657 (77.8%)	36 (4.3%)	78 (9.2%)	13 (1.5%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	53 (6.3%)	$11,207	$965	$438	$1,403	$8,846	$958	$9,804	89.6	90.1	59	1

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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.