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)
450391000877	491	Elloree Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	200 Warrior Drive	Elloree	29047	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 897-2233	387	32	12	100.0%	33 (8.5%)	334 (86.3%)	7 (1.8%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$15,822	$1,260	$1,141	$2,401	$11,973	$1,448	$13,420	24	9	613	122
450336001303	492	Meadowfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	525 Galway Lane	Columbia	29209	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 738-5549	639	46	13.8	100.0%	132 (20.7%)	406 (63.5%)	51 (8.0%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.6%)	$16,196	$1,621	$1,440	$3,061	$11,312	$1,824	$13,135	23.8	43.8	357	135
450378001099	493	Kenneth Gardner Leadership Academy	Public	3-5	1503 Woodland Drive	Kingstree	29556	Williamsburg County	Williamsburg 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 355-7233	368	22	16.7	100.0%	22 (6.0%)	332 (90.2%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$11,773	$1,825	$2,756	$4,581	$5,242	$1,950	$7,191	23.1	13.7	572	79
450072001193	494	Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	170 Flint Drive	Warrenville	29851	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 593-7180	557	38	14.8	100.0%	312 (56.0%)	121 (21.7%)	94 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	$11,444	$1,237	$696	$1,933	$8,662	$848	$9,510	23.1	27.5	465	29
450336000921	495	Horrell Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	517 Horrell Hill Road	Hopkins	29061	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 783-5545	562	35	16	100.0%	58 (10.3%)	380 (67.6%)	82 (14.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (6.8%)	$15,971	$1,529	$1,410	$2,940	$10,834	$2,197	$13,031	23	14.7	564	69
450390101739	496	GREEN Charter School Lowcountry	Public, Charter	K-8	8717 Old University Boulevard	N Charleston	29406	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 501-7911	196	20	9.8	44.4%	45 (23.0%)	113 (57.7%)	20 (10.2%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.1%)								22.9	36	415	81
450390201317	497	High Hills Elementary	Public	4-5	4971 Frierson Road	Shaw A F B	29152	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 499-3327	424	24	17.6	100.0%	131 (30.9%)	230 (54.2%)	31 (7.3%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.9%)	$9,714	$1,299	$997	$2,296	$6,639	$779	$7,418	22.8	29.5	449	48
450111000143	498	Michael C. Riley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Burnt Church Road	Bluffton	29910	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 706-8300	772	70	11	41.7%	219 (28.4%)	66 (8.5%)	456 (59.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.2%)	$17,035	$1,062	$1,373	$2,435	$12,447	$2,153	$14,600	22.8	35.1	420	78
450072000019	499	J. D. Lever Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2404 Columbia Highway	Aiken	29801	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 641-2760	505	35	14.4	100.0%	227 (45.0%)	172 (34.1%)	57 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.3%)	$11,686	$1,552	$731	$2,283	$8,567	$836	$9,402	22.8	25.5	488	11
450336000931	500	Sandel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Seminole Road	Columbia	29210	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 731-8906	477	35	13.6	100.0%	14 (2.9%)	413 (86.6%)	19 (4.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	$16,555	$1,073	$1,702	$2,775	$11,632	$2,148	$13,780	22.7	16.6	552	52

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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.