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)
450333000881	81	Ambler Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	838 Ambler School Road	Pickens	29671	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-1200	342	22	15.5	62.9%	303 (88.6%)	8 (2.3%)	17 (5.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	$10,162	$879	$675	$1,554	$7,594	$1,014	$8,608	85.4	76.3	140	59
450231000526	82	Simpsonville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Morton Avenue	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-8300	774	48	16	58.9%	384 (49.6%)	197 (25.5%)	122 (15.8%)	14 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.0%)	$10,525	$902	$758	$1,661	$8,312	$552	$8,864	85.4	81.3	106	24
450144001167	83	Drayton Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3138 Ashley River Road	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 852-0678	655	40	16.3	36.3%	467 (71.3%)	83 (12.7%)	49 (7.5%)	24 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.6%)	$14,033	$1,050	$813	$1,863	$9,763	$2,406	$12,170	85.2	89.5	64	19
450111001549	84	Pritchardville Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	9447 Evan Way	Bluffton	29910	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 707-0500	939	83	11.3	49.0%	496 (52.8%)	78 (8.3%)	297 (31.6%)	12 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (5.8%)	$11,637	$600	$1,096	$1,696	$8,442	$1,499	$9,941	85.1	75.6	150	66
450078000072	85	Spearman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Easley Highway	Piedmont	29673	Greenville County	Anderson 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 947-9787	800	52	15.5	58.0%	562 (70.3%)	93 (11.6%)	84 (10.5%)	8 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.1%)	$8,564	$1,058	$424	$1,482	$6,203	$879	$7,082	85.1	89.2	65	20
450201001675	86	Sand Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	324 Gnarly Oak Lane	Summerville	29485	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 695-5201	1,241	68	18.2	39.6%	820 (66.1%)	180 (14.5%)	121 (9.8%)	14 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (8.4%)	$10,131	$615	$776	$1,392	$7,321	$1,417	$8,739	85.1	84.9	88	2
450351000998	87	Mayo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Springdale Road	Mayo	29368	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 02	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 461-2622	343	23	14.9	75.8%	293 (85.4%)	10 (2.9%)	15 (4.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.7%)	$12,712	$778	$1,405	$2,182	$9,501	$1,029	$10,530	85.1	78.9	121	34
450249000623	88	Midland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3011 Nichols Highway	Galivants Ferry	29544	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 358-3036	664	43	15.4	55.4%	546 (82.2%)	24 (3.6%)	56 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (4.8%)	$12,147	$1,196	$483	$1,679	$9,383	$1,085	$10,468	85	84.4	90	2
450117001671	89	Philip Simmons Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2095 Seven Sticks Drive	Wando	29492	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 471-2580	545	36	15.3	33.2%	418 (76.7%)	69 (12.7%)	27 (5.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.1%)	$11,966	$1,050	$949	$2,000	$8,386	$1,580	$9,966	84.5	75.9	146	57
450384000044	90	Griggs Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Griggs Road	Clover	29710	York County	York 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 631-8200	529	39	13.5	32.7%	391 (73.9%)	44 (8.3%)	34 (6.4%)	12 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (8.7%)	$13,072	$520	$432	$951	$10,557	$1,563	$12,121	84.5	78.6	125	35

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.