Best High Schools in South Carolina for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in South Carolina!

Every year, the South Carolina Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish South Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOCEP 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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 157)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450156000315	1	Chesterfield High	Public	9-12	401 North Page Street	Chesterfield	29709	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 623-2161	516	32	16.1	100.0%	314 (60.9%)	151 (29.3%)	23 (4.5%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	$12,641	$834	$955	$1,788	$9,157	$1,696	$10,852	99.4%	58.3%	41.07%
450072001708	2	Aiken Scholars Academy	Public	9-12	471 University Parkway Box 12	Aiken	29801	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 641-2428	182	6	30.3	15.9%	128 (70.3%)	21 (11.5%)	11 (6.0%)	12 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)								98.7%	99.6%	0.85%
450144000168	3	Academic Magnet High	Public, Magnet	9-12	5109-A West Enterprise Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 746-1300	719	43	16.7	11.7%	545 (75.8%)	21 (2.9%)	40 (5.6%)	69 (9.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.8%)	$17,063	$560	$631	$1,191	$11,425	$4,447	$15,872	98.1%	98.7%	0.63%
450249001752	4	HCS Scholars Academy High	Public	9-12	642 Century Circle	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 349-4117	131	13	10.4	26.7%	103 (78.6%)	4 (3.1%)	5 (3.8%)	14 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.8%)								97.5%	99.1%	1.70%
450390100460	5	Greenville Technical Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	506 Pleasantburg Drive #119	Greenville	29607	Greenville County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 250-8844	498	32	15.7	6.0%	291 (58.4%)	61 (12.2%)	77 (15.5%)	43 (8.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.8%)	$11,902	$469	$502	$972	$8,094	$2,837	$10,931	96.8%	96.6%	0.22%
450390901687	6	Brashier Middle College Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	1830 West Georgia Road Buildin	Simpsonville	29680	Greenville County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 757-1800	461	28	16.7	7.4%	355 (77.0%)	25 (5.4%)	58 (12.6%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$10,461	$80	$32	$112	$7,341	$3,007	$10,348	96.2%	97.4%	1.27%
450390001718	7	Catawba Ridge High School	Public	9-12	1180 Fort Mill Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-5222	1,530	98	15.6	17.9%	1,093 (71.4%)	154 (10.1%)	131 (8.6%)	62 (4.1%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (5.6%)								95.5%	91.5%	4.05%
450360001022	8	James F. Byrnes High	Public	9-12	150 East Main Street	Duncan	29334	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 05	No	No	No	No	(864) 949-2355	2,217	118	18.8	55.8%	1,211 (54.6%)	476 (21.5%)	333 (15.0%)	45 (2.0%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	144 (6.5%)	$10,572	$558	$545	$1,103	$7,598	$1,871	$9,469	94.9%	59.6%	35.33%
450390001156	9	Fort Mill High	Public	9-12	215 North Highway 21 Bypass	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-1900	2,036	135	15.1	19.6%	1,445 (71.0%)	206 (10.1%)	171 (8.4%)	127 (6.2%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	83 (4.1%)	$10,243	$297	$327	$624	$8,165	$1,454	$9,619	94.3%	94.5%	0.20%
450390101688	10	Greer Middle College Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	138 West McElhaney Road	Taylors	29687	Greenville County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 469-7571	510	31	16.5	1.8%	458 (89.8%)	12 (2.4%)	18 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	$9,851	$1,182	$247	$1,430	$6,281	$2,140	$8,421	93.6%	97.9%	4.24%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2, EOCEP English 1, EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution, EOCEP English 2 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.