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)
450234000587	171	Mathews Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	725 Marshall Road	Greenwood	29646	Greenwood County	Greenwood 50	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 941-5680	542	54	9.9	100.0%	151 (27.9%)	272 (50.2%)	97 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	$15,051	$2,839	$1,251	$4,090	$9,819	$1,142	$10,961	72	68.2	199	28
450384001126	172	Kinard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 Pressly Street	Clover	29710	York County	York 02	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 810-8700	441	37	11.9	61.0%	261 (59.2%)	101 (22.9%)	43 (9.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.3%)	$14,774	$1,339	$718	$2,057	$10,969	$1,748	$12,717	72	58.4	257	85
450231000512	173	Fork Shoals School	Public	K-5	916 McKelvey Road	Pelzer	29669	Anderson County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-5000	792	49	16.1	58.3%	555 (70.1%)	104 (13.1%)	81 (10.2%)	9 (1.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.9%)	$10,501	$965	$783	$1,748	$8,144	$608	$8,753	71.8	77	137	36
450333000893	174	Six Mile Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	777 North Main Street	Six Mile	29682	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-2400	545	36	15	64.4%	489 (89.7%)	8 (1.5%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.2%)	$10,413	$648	$648	$1,295	$8,269	$848	$9,117	71.5	63.4	227	53
450333000895	175	McKissick Academy of Science and Technology	Public	PK, KG-5	156 McKissick Road	Easley	29640	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 397-2200	503	36	13.9	100.0%	278 (55.3%)	60 (11.9%)	106 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (11.7%)	$10,825	$1,244	$742	$1,987	$7,902	$936	$8,838	71.4	59.3	249	74
450306000824	176	Keowee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7051 Keowee School Road	Seneca	29672	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4475	374	31	12.2	65.8%	326 (87.2%)	8 (2.1%)	22 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$13,159	$1,389	$878	$2,267	$9,939	$954	$10,893	71.1	71.6	177	1
450339000344	177	Bookman Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1245 Bookman Road	Elgin	29045	Kershaw County	Richland 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 699-1724	499	42	11.8	62.1%	112 (22.4%)	281 (56.3%)	53 (10.6%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	37 (7.4%)	$14,430	$604	$753	$1,357	$11,585	$1,489	$13,073	71.1	72	175	2
450390001154	178	Riverview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Spratt Street	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 548-4677	560	55	10.1	42.1%	344 (61.4%)	77 (13.8%)	62 (11.1%)	25 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.1%)	$15,301	$1,613	$793	$2,406	$11,722	$1,173	$12,895	71	70.5	183	5
450144001628	179	Carolina Voyager Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	721 Wappoo Road	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 203-3891	371	32	11.7	50.7%	242 (65.2%)	78 (21.0%)	19 (5.1%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.0%)	$11,104	$1,150	$1,137	$2,287	$7,049	$1,767	$8,816	70.5	50.4	311	132
450228000472	180	Pleasant Hill Elementary STREAM Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	127 Schoolhouse Road	Hemingway	29554	Williamsburg County	Georgetown 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 558-9417	288	21	13.7	100.0%	156 (54.2%)	118 (41.0%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$15,909	$2,318	$1,104	$3,422	$11,025	$1,462	$12,487	70.4	73.2	167	13

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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.