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)
450231000517	281	Mauldin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1194 Holland Road	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-3700	990	57	17.3	77.9%	356 (36.0%)	398 (40.2%)	146 (14.7%)	22 (2.2%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (6.2%)	$10,269	$898	$828	$1,726	$7,940	$604	$8,543	55.5	68.7	196	85
450249000246	282	Socastee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4223 Socastee Boulevard	Myrtle Beach	29588	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 650-2606	798	57	14	100.0%	330 (41.4%)	105 (13.2%)	306 (38.3%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.8%)	42 (5.3%)	$12,686	$1,839	$539	$2,379	$9,326	$982	$10,308	55.4	64.7	220	62
450348000983	283	Campobello-Gramling School	Public	PK, KG-8	250 Fagan Avenue	Campobello	29322	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 472-9110	814	50	16.2	60.8%	702 (86.2%)	23 (2.8%)	50 (6.1%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	25 (3.1%)	$10,182	$268	$774	$1,042	$7,800	$1,340	$9,139	54.9	65.8	214	69
450213001331	284	Dewey-Carter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4937 South Irby Street	Effingham	29541	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8479	583	42	13.8	100.0%	238 (40.8%)	254 (43.6%)	52 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.3%)	$12,974	$1,141	$1,306	$2,447	$9,350	$1,178	$10,528	54.8	36.1	414	130
450339000969	285	Forest Lake Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	6801 Brookfield Road	Columbia	29206	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 782-0470	614	49	12.5	70.4%	139 (22.6%)	323 (52.6%)	103 (16.8%)	18 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.4%)	$12,662	$416	$649	$1,065	$10,365	$1,232	$11,597	54.7	65.4	217	68
450072001189	286	Aiken Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2050 Pine Log Road	Aiken	29803	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 641-2740	524	39	13.4	100.0%	203 (38.7%)	248 (47.3%)	25 (4.8%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.2%)	$11,774	$1,421	$621	$2,041	$8,788	$945	$9,732	54.6	61	239	47
450249000629	287	Waccamaw Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	251 Claridy Road	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 347-4684	993	68	14.6	100.0%	504 (50.8%)	188 (18.9%)	208 (20.9%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	83 (8.4%)	$11,149	$1,538	$519	$2,056	$8,114	$978	$9,092	54.4	59.1	251	36
450111000140	288	Lady's Island Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	73 Chowan Creek Bluff	Beaufort	29907	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 322-2240	227	28	8.1	100.0%	59 (26.0%)	106 (46.7%)	44 (19.4%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.3%)	$23,295	$1,707	$1,829	$3,536	$17,124	$2,635	$19,759	54.3	56.6	273	15
450390901686	289	Mevers School of Excellence	Public, Charter	K-8	7750 Henry E. Brown Jr. Boulev	Goose Creek	29445	Berkeley County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 806-5909	932	60	15.6	57.5%	270 (29.0%)	421 (45.2%)	129 (13.8%)	15 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	95 (10.2%)								54.2	35.1	421	132
450207000411	290	Merriwether Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	565 Spring Haven Drive	North Augusta	29860	Edgefield County	Edgefield 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 279-9993	768	50	15.5	58.7%	522 (68.0%)	128 (16.7%)	61 (7.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (7.2%)	$11,135	$1,183	$996	$2,179	$7,926	$1,030	$8,956	54.1	42.3	365	75

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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:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.