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)
450117000165	451	St. Stephen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1053 Russellville Road	Saint Stephen	29479	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 567-2813	291	26	11.2	100.0%	88 (30.2%)	165 (56.7%)	15 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.2%)	$17,392	$1,763	$1,302	$3,064	$12,637	$1,692	$14,328	29.4	28.5	456	5
450339000342	452	Killian Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2621 Clemson Road	Columbia	29229	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 699-2981	742	56	13.2	100.0%	20 (2.7%)	631 (85.0%)	47 (6.3%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.1%)	$14,416	$1,670	$1,145	$2,815	$10,150	$1,451	$11,601	29.2	36.7	408	44
450072001390	453	Redcliffe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	22 Double Springs Road	Aiken	29803	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 827-3350	631	42	15	100.0%	286 (45.3%)	225 (35.7%)	62 (9.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (8.9%)	$10,704	$1,235	$608	$1,843	$8,168	$693	$8,861	29.1	26.7	475	22
450231000506	454	Duncan Chapel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	210 Duncan Chapel Road	Greenville	29617	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-2700	591	41	14.4	100.0%	190 (32.1%)	176 (29.8%)	188 (31.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (5.1%)	$12,766	$2,264	$1,206	$3,470	$8,680	$617	$9,297	28.9	40.1	389	65
450279000615	455	Sandhills Elementary	Public	3-4	130 Lewis Rast Road	Swansea	29160	Lexington County	Lexington 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 490-7003	488	36	13.5	100.0%	264 (54.1%)	65 (13.3%)	126 (25.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.9%)	$12,210	$964	$1,571	$2,535	$8,299	$1,376	$9,675	28.8	17.5	545	90
450282000754	456	Dutch Fork Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	7900 Broad River Road	Irmo	29063	Richland County	Lexington 05	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 476-3900	475	50	9.4	82.1%	150 (31.6%)	192 (40.4%)	51 (10.7%)	13 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	62 (13.1%)	$16,443	$1,317	$1,475	$2,792	$12,251	$1,401	$13,652	28.6	34.3	425	31
450231000494	457	Berea Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Berea Drive	Greenville	29617	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-1500	462	39	11.7	100.0%	80 (17.3%)	94 (20.3%)	272 (58.9%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$14,581	$2,397	$1,170	$3,567	$10,322	$692	$11,014	28.5	41.3	375	82
450231001180	458	Cherrydale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	302 Perry Road	Greenville	29609	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 355-3300	689	49	13.9	100.0%	69 (10.0%)	187 (27.1%)	396 (57.5%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.2%)	4 (0.6%)	23 (3.3%)	$12,512	$2,697	$1,125	$3,823	$8,037	$652	$8,689	28.3	25.4	489	31
450391501439	459	Manning Elementary	Public	4-6	311 West Boyce Street	Manning	29102	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 435-5066	503	30	16.7	0.6%	129 (25.6%)	339 (67.4%)	25 (5.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)								28	24.3	494	35
450117000082	460	Moncks Corner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	777 Stony Landing Road	Moncks Corner	29461	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 899-8870	597	32	18.4	100.0%	222 (37.2%)	275 (46.1%)	40 (6.7%)	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.5%)	$10,653	$472	$963	$1,434	$7,719	$1,500	$9,219	28	27.1	471	11

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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.