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)
450354001008	231	Pacolet Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	150 McDowell Street	Pacolet	29372	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 03	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 279-6500	410	29	13.9	100.0%	286 (69.8%)	64 (15.6%)	15 (3.7%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.3%)	$15,544	$1,401	$582	$1,983	$10,319	$3,242	$13,561	62.7	56.1	275	44
450333000882	232	Central Academy of the Arts	Public	PK, KG-5	608 Johnson Road	Central	29630	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-1400	443	33	13.2	100.0%	259 (58.5%)	76 (17.2%)	62 (14.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.5%)	$10,344	$664	$687	$1,352	$8,258	$734	$8,992	62	67.8	202	30
450390101645	233	Riverwalk Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5750 Mount Gallant Road	Rock Hill	29732	York County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 327-8400	628	64	9.8	11.8%	474 (75.5%)	76 (12.1%)	28 (4.5%)	6 (1.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.9%)	$9,823	$676	$472	$1,147	$6,355	$2,321	$8,676	61.4	61.1	237	4
450144000229	234	Springfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2130 Pinehurst Avenue	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 763-1538	621	50	12.4	100.0%	246 (39.6%)	211 (34.0%)	99 (15.9%)	21 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (6.4%)	$15,350	$1,563	$991	$2,554	$10,398	$2,399	$12,796	61.4	46.2	338	104
450357001013	235	Woodruff Elementary	Public	3-5	915 Cross Anchor Road	Woodruff	29388	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 04	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 476-3123	647	41	15.8	80.8%	418 (64.6%)	91 (14.1%)	67 (10.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	66 (10.2%)	$9,827	$1,092	$731	$1,823	$6,904	$1,100	$8,004	61.3	65.8	212	23
450258000680	236	Kershaw Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	108 North Rollins Drive	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 475-6655	538	34	16	100.0%	341 (63.4%)	124 (23.0%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (11.9%)	$10,765	$993	$515	$1,507	$8,205	$1,053	$9,257	61.1	49.8	319	83
450282001345	237	Harbison West Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	257 Crossbow Drive	Columbia	29212	Lexington County	Lexington 05	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 476-3800	550	53	10.4	100.0%	127 (23.1%)	331 (60.2%)	34 (6.2%)	15 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.5%)	$15,531	$1,480	$832	$2,313	$11,871	$1,348	$13,218	61	57.8	266	29
450339001566	238	Muller Road Middle	Public, Magnet	K-8	1031 Muller Road	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 691-6851	1,246	70	17.8	46.4%	358 (28.7%)	693 (55.6%)	95 (7.6%)	27 (2.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (5.5%)	$10,157	$211	$605	$816	$7,936	$1,405	$9,341	60.9	74	159	79
450390101722	239	Green Charter School Spartanburg	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	8150 Warren H. Abernathy Highw	Spartanburg	29301	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 586-3939	454	34	13.3	38.8%	217 (47.8%)	99 (21.8%)	62 (13.7%)	40 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (7.3%)								60.6	76	144	95
450072000023	240	East Aiken School of the Arts	Public	PK, KG-5	223 Old Wagener Road	Aiken	29801	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 641-2450	539	40	13.6	100.0%	212 (39.3%)	224 (41.6%)	45 (8.3%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (9.3%)	$11,788	$1,507	$653	$2,160	$8,777	$852	$9,629	60.6	53.6	288	48

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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:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.